[ Everything about their situation is unfair, so why not this, too? But it wouldn't have been anything new if she'd turned it back on him. He's used to taking a lot of flack without room or opportunity to ever dish it in return. But not from someone so like him. It's one thing to endure the judgment of Wally West, knowing Wally was a better man than he'd ever be. It's another to spar with someone whose house is just as glass as yours.
And anyway— it is his failure. This would never happen to Batman, or the the big blue boy scout. Certainly never to Wonder Woman. They're not dependent on a team to be a functional superhero on an apocalyptic scale.
The anger's packed away pretty quickly, tension draining from the angles of his face and leaving lines behind. Tired, and for a second, a little old. ]
That's not how this works.
[ For him, anyway. He couldn't lead them out of a paper bag, and yet if they're dead, isn't that on him? Isn't this all he's good for? Protecting people? But something went wrong. He's fallen down on the job. ]
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And anyway— it is his failure. This would never happen to Batman, or the the big blue boy scout. Certainly never to Wonder Woman. They're not dependent on a team to be a functional superhero on an apocalyptic scale.
The anger's packed away pretty quickly, tension draining from the angles of his face and leaving lines behind. Tired, and for a second, a little old. ]
That's not how this works.
[ For him, anyway. He couldn't lead them out of a paper bag, and yet if they're dead, isn't that on him? Isn't this all he's good for? Protecting people? But something went wrong. He's fallen down on the job. ]