#god would the kids want to risk leaving their doll bodies with how bad gotham is getting

[puppetmaster13u]

Look what you did Kal, you gave him (even worse) anxiety!

Hngh, Bruce wrapping his arms around his kids but being unable to cry despite them all knowing he is so very close to having a breakdown. Like this is probably the longest he's been in the doll body without any sort of break, and that probably has an effect. He doesn't have a brain in the body or a stomach but he'll get bouts of almost dizziness or nausea, maybe black out at times and 'wake up' in stasis before being thrown back into the doll body. But like, he is definitely not in a good place mentally.

Gosh I am thinking of two timelines almost, one darker than the other. Just slowly rotating both.

Also just got the image of Clark cradling Bruce when he comes back from blacking out at one point. Just holding the body of metal and wood and running fingers through the 'hair'. Half genuinely concerned even if it's been fucked up and half possessiveness.

Oh my gosh, the fact he took Bruce would mean that like, while the others have entered the cave through the Zeta tubes, Clark knows where Bruce lives. And where his kids live too. He can definitely get there too.

Tags are from @phoenixcatch7's Kintsukuroi post

And it reminded me of a question/idea I had when thinking about things like Batman Beyond and all the future timelines, dark or otherwise. Because like, what would happen if the dolls got attached. Like before Bruce, before his family, they haven't been used, they've been rotting away in the tunnels, in the depths of the caves sitting half broken and unnused. So what happens if his body, his human body, starts breaking down. We all know that Bruce wouldn't, couldn't, stop being Batman. Honestly he's more Batman than Bruce most times as time goes on even outside that. At first he's only out at night, at Patrol outside an odd hour or two training and helping the kids. But then the Justice League forms and now he's using the Patriarch more and more outside of Gotham on top of his own usual schedule. So what if one morning, he wakes up, and it's not in his human body. In fact, he can't even feel it any more.