( it's better he be the target of some place than a kid, so. he gestures for dick to follow after him out of the hotel, hands in his pockets as he goes, chewing on a thought he decides to voice. )

I figure we might as well get right to it. You know me and I have an idea of you. So what do you want to do about that?

( because this is a normal conversation to have with a fourteen year old, right? )