Ah, the quiet part that they’re not supposed to say out loud. Tim holds Barbara a little too tight and gets pecked. That’s fine. It lets him suck in a couple breaths that he needs if he has to steer around a minefield without commenting. Tim sets the chick down gently.

“I thought you were thinking about hanging up the tights,” he explains. He doesn’t even try to argue Bart’s stance, just admits the mistake and pushes past the implications of why Bart wants to know what comes next. Tim has less right to be afraid of that; this is where he needs to just listen. “Do we have to share things? I’m not good at sharing…”