"I'm guessing that that's going to be a big sticking point between us, isn't it?" Red Robin asks.

"When I know we can work together as a unit, Zoe, I'll consider bringing you in deeper." Red Robin tells ehr.

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She handed over the grapnel gun. "I'll learn and be better than anybody else you ever gave the same deal to, because I'm not stupid. Until I see what you're selling, I don't trust because I'm not stupid. Sorry if that hurts your feelings, but that's how it is. /I/ know you can trust me because this is my face, my name and my place. You're a guy in a mask promising magic beans so we don't starve. You got your reasons. I get that. Don't mean there won't be problems later."

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"Then you'll see that the proof is in my actions, Zoe." Red Robin says.

"Keep the grapnel gun and practice a bit more on the swing-lines. I'll see you the night after tomorrow." he says, turning to go.

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"Now that funny. Last night you were creepy, stranger danger guy. Tonight was a little better. What do you think you'll be in two nights? I'll have mastered the swingline," she bragged recklessly to his turned back, but with some expectation of success. She'd always been athletic.

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"I'm the same guy every night, Zoe. Maybe it's /you/ who's changing already." he says.

"I expect nothing less. We're going to get you started on some other things then." he says, leaving her to the rooftop.

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