Boy Wonder adjusted his mask and sat back down on the cold surface. A cocky smile appeared on his face at her last words.
"Riiight." He whispered and lay back, trying to grasp what she had been thinking about. Her thoughts always seemed to be shrouded in mystery, he had begun to dig, try and find why she hid them so but in the end, her mind was far more complex than his. She knew his emotions, his past, his thoughts with no effort and he could not even begin to guess why she would not smile.
Raven landed soundlessly on the dew damped park grass, muttering softly to herself.
"Should have brought Nevermore." She said, shaking her head. Some things needed to be dealt with, like her screaming emotions, begging to rise to the surface now that Trigon had been destroyed. Even though Trigon was gone, her emotions could still wreak havoc upon the city, she could still destroy. Robin said it was over, but in truth, as long as she lived, it would never be over.
That thought scared her most of all, that some vigilante Trigon hater would realize that half of Raven was him, she was partly that hated demon, and that she would be destroyed by the very people she had protected. She feared that to survive, she would have to defend herself against her beloved city, her new home. Raven could not bear the thought of destroying more people, more homes.
Her gaze rose to meet the weary eyes of another rather intelligent being. Aqualad stood, drenched in seaweed and smelling of the tide. Raven thought fleetingly that he had brought bad news and then wondered why she had not noticed him before.
"Deep thought?" Aqualad said, a smile playing on his handsome features. Raven laughed dryly and nodded. The black haired boy leaned against a tree nearby and pulled some seaweed from his hair. "Talk?" his sentence was as long as it needed to be.
"No." Ravens reply came harshly. She had never been indirect with the Atlantian for they were by nature empathetic. His brows rose but he merely shrugged.
"It's been quite a week, then." He continued, not looking her directly in the eye.
"Do not pry, Atlantian." Raven snapped and walked a few paces away from him. Aqualad sighed and pushed off from the tree to follow her. "I merely want to-"
"Help…everyone wants to help me, Atlantian, no one can. Only I can help myself and I'd thank you kindly to leave matters of my mind to my mind." She looked down, regretting her last statement, but would never admit it. "I'd better get back to the tower; Robin will be waiting for me." She turned and flew off into the night for the second time, leaving another young man smiling sadly at her.
