[ realistically speaking, he shouldn't be surprised that she's shocked. after all, when he considers it, normal kids don't have powers, and they don't fight supervillains, and their parents certainly don't allow it. but jon grew up in the superhero community, around the league. his dad is superman. ]

They didn't.. let me at first, [ he says softly, scraping a thumbnail over the side of the cup. he doesn't want her to think badly of his parents. ] I wasn't really going to take no for an answer, and I was fully prepared to sneak out any way I needed to. It scared them both a lot, even once they sort of accepted the idea, and even with Robin, but there were a lot of reasons to allow it.