( too bad. think before you speak. mako has absolutely zero sympathy, and even though it's almost definitely a trap... at least he's ready for it. he stalks after dick, not quite willing to fall into step beside him. there isn't much backstabbing you can do from the front. ... well, so to speak, anyway. )

It's not a date. You're a criminal. I'm tolerating your presence so I can learn enough to arrest you, and when I do I'm going to get a metalbender to put you in a box you can't get out of no matter how many fancy tricks you have up your sleeve.

( at least he's honest about it. bruce will never be able to say, i told you so. it's as a grumpy, tossed-out afterthought that he says, )

And I hate chips.

( he does not, in point of fact, hate chips. but he's sure going to say he does. )