Being a thief teaches you a lot of things like how to wait, you spend lots of time alone just waiting and watching learning everything you can to give yourself every edge possible. As a result of patience you pick up a few tricks to cure boredom but after you've gone over every word known to man in seventeen languages and done a complete tactical analysis of your surroundings to the point of judging millimeters you start to look for anything else to do. As Richard sat on his hospital bed in the cave reading a book or trying to at least. one can only read for so long before the words on the page begin to blur together. the longer he sat in this bed the more anxious he got, he was itching to do something, anything would be better than sitting here at this point.
But alas it just wasn't in the cards with his robot keeper not allowing him more than a few feet away from his bed. he stood up and hobbled over to the book case in the corner of the room and returned the book to the shelf, when he turned back around to get back in his bed the door behind him opened "i was just putting a book back, don't get your metal panties in a bunch" he sighed
"good to know" said a deep booming voice behind him. Richard turned and on pure instinct threw a knife aimed for the heart but it was stopped short by a large pair of fingers as it was caught mid air. the two men just stared at each other for a second before the realization hit and the older man spoke "Bruce told me you were dangerous but i guess seeing is believing" he said putting the knife on a nearby table "i'm Clark"
"superman" Richard acknowledged coldly "i know who you are, what i don't know is why you're here"
Superman was slightly stunned by the boys attitude "you know you remind me of a friend of mine"
"that's a bold claim considering you only just met me, or is that a kryptonian thing" Richard said his tone slightly mocking
Superman had expected him to be in awe and while not disappointed he was taken aback that he didn't have the advantage in the conversation "no, its more of a skill you pick up over the years, nice throw by the way if it was anyone else they'd be in some serious pain" he says with a slight pause before leveling his gaze at the boy "or more likely dead"
"if you're here to try and give me lessons on morality then you're wasting your time" Richard replies as he sits own on the edge of the bed with his arms propping him up as he reclined slightly.
"you know the justice league doesn't kill" superman said watching his reaction for any inconstancy
"and how far has that gotten you" ocelot deadpanned "how many time has the world almost come to an end not just by sociopaths but by repeat offender sociopaths"
"we can't become them to stop them" superman replied
ocelot sighed "you came here for a reason, and i doubt it was to discuss the ethics of the job so what do you want"
"fine, you're unstable violent and dangerous" superman replied flatly "i don't think you belong here"
"that makes two of us" ocelot laughed "i don't exactly play well with others"
"then why are you here" superman asked
"because my robot nanny won't let me out of this room" ocelot deadpanned.
"you won't make this easy will you" superman sighed pinching the bridge of his nose.
"nope" ocelot replied flatly "if you were hoping for straight answers and tidy endings, you're in the wrong place, why don't you go back to your space tree house for milk and cookies with all your other club members where there's an established set of good guys and bad guys but this cave is dedicated to covert ops, its full of secrets and lies and whatever else it takes to get the job done"
"i'm aware that the covert ops team is allowed certain... liberties in its missions but that doesn't" superman explains.
or tries to only to be cut off by ocelot "don't you have to go pull a cat out of a tree somewhere" he mocks.
"there's no arguing with you is there" superman sighs frustrated
ocelot just grins at him "that cat ain't gonna save itself"
superman turns and walks away feeling like the young boy and bruce are more alike than he did when he walked into the room.