the-slowknife asked: "Can't actually say that I am glad you are back, Bruce."

Bruce Wayne tilted his head, leaned back in his chair, and offered her his best grin. She looked pretty much the same as she did the last time he saw her, before he disappeared. Beautiful. Deadly. He ran his eyes over her, making sure to put on a show for everyone else as his eyes lingered on her legs. He snapped his attention back to his eyes and leaned forward.

The chair legs made a dull thud as they hit the ground.

“Sad,” he said with a grin. “I hoped you would be happy to see me. After all, we parted on such good terms, Talia.” He gave her name the proper amount of attention to fool anyone watching into thinking he actually cared for her. “Why don’t we take this conversation somewhere a little more private?” He winked at her. “Before anything gets, well, heated…”