Bruce and Diana left today.
She'll be right back, she just wanted to make sure he made it past the edge of influence. It's still probably going to be a day or so, she'll have to swim back to Themyscira. I can't imagine going that far out into the water, with no help nearby.
I'm hoping I can get my thoughts into order by the time she gets back. As much as I hate to admit it, this journal has been helpful. Every time I have something I want to say, even if I wouldn't say it to anyone, I write it down.
Diana hopes that it will help me collect my fears and uncertainties into something more articulate. Word of the day, right there. Probably worth a ton of points in Scrabble. God, I'd kill for a game of Scrabble right now.
They have games, but the most popular two are a weird form of Go! and a full-contact soccer variant. One is too complex for me and the other is too physical. It doesn't help that I'm a man, and the Amazonians don't know how to act around me. Surrounded by women, still can't talk to girls; is this irony, Alanis?
I wonder if there's a new Final Fantasy out yet.
It was good to see Bruce, he's a lot nicer than you'd expect the Gotham Bat to be; I still can't believe he's friends with Superman. Bruce calls him Clark, and so does Diana. Superman even told me to call him Clark, but it seems, I don't know, pretentious?
He's a hero, and I'm just some kid that got f*&#ed up one day.
He would hate that I wrote f*&#, he's a boy scout, Bruce is right about that.
Diana's daily "therapy sessions" are helping, too. I'm able to feel when a panic attack is coming on, and the calming techniques she's shown me dull the edge. I still feel that riptide on my ankle, but I'm starting to believe it might be imaginary. Everyone is probably right, and it's just a...
What did Bruce call it?
"A psychosomatic representation of your mind's attempt to come to terms with your experience in this 'Speed Force.'"
I hope Superman comes back soon. Bruce was really vague about what he's up to, and I believe Diana when she says that it's between those two. He only told me he was looking into a possible remedy. I can't believe a hero like Superman cares about what happens to me.
He really is the greatest man alive.
- Entry 134 of the Journal of Barry Allen.