Because we were getting along! [Wally throws out his arms.] Bialya happened, and then she came back to save us when she could've ran and then I showed up here and she- she told me to be careful! And then we went to Six Flags and we were texting like normal people and she won a stupid stuffed thing and gave it to me, and I got her a stupid mug and wrote her name on it because the stupid gift shops never have her name on anything, and I checked everything!
[He drags his hands through his hair, bowing his head.] And then you disappeared, and she didn't- she listened to me, and we looked together and we went up against Shade and she stayed there even though he could've killed us, and I thought that maybe we'd be good, y'know? As friends! And I thought if we could do it here, we could be friends when we went back home too and then she tells me she did this in December?
When we were already friends?
[Wally drops his hands and gives Dick a look, and it's more despairing than it is angry now, because he just doesn't get it. Maybe it's the way he was raised for sixteen years by parents who encourage always telling the truth, or maybe it's because he was taught by Barry to value trust and teamwork and every person close to you. Maybe it's because he's lived a charmed life, hasn't really experienced a whole lot of rejection or disregard that came from anywhere but within. He's never experienced loss or real heartbreak
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[He drags his hands through his hair, bowing his head.] And then you disappeared, and she didn't- she listened to me, and we looked together and we went up against Shade and she stayed there even though he could've killed us, and I thought that maybe we'd be good, y'know? As friends! And I thought if we could do it here, we could be friends when we went back home too and then she tells me she did this in December?
When we were already friends?
[Wally drops his hands and gives Dick a look, and it's more despairing than it is angry now, because he just doesn't get it. Maybe it's the way he was raised for sixteen years by parents who encourage always telling the truth, or maybe it's because he was taught by Barry to value trust and teamwork and every person close to you. Maybe it's because he's lived a charmed life, hasn't really experienced a whole lot of rejection or disregard that came from anywhere but within. He's never experienced loss or real heartbreak
And maybe he likes her a little.]
I trusted her, so why didn't she trust me?
[...and that's the problem.]