[Dick... honestly isn't sure if he has that in him anymore. Or right now, at least. It wasn't that he didn't trust people or couldn't give them the benefit of the doubt, but when he trusted people, things like that security breach with Ariadne happened, or the person you tried giving a second chance screwed it up and poisoned you.
He liked to think of himself as an optimist, and he still was, sometimes. Most of the time. But this place kind of seemed like it just wanted to beat that out of him once and for all, and he wasn't sure he could just say no worries, not a problem, everything's going to be fine. And he kind of hates that someone needs to tell him to be more optimistic now.
So he found himself settling for the next best thing.]
I'll try. [He means it, too, and it's not just trying to brush the situation off like it wasn't a big deal.]
[Private]
He liked to think of himself as an optimist, and he still was, sometimes. Most of the time. But this place kind of seemed like it just wanted to beat that out of him once and for all, and he wasn't sure he could just say no worries, not a problem, everything's going to be fine. And he kind of hates that someone needs to tell him to be more optimistic now.
So he found himself settling for the next best thing.]
I'll try. [He means it, too, and it's not just trying to brush the situation off like it wasn't a big deal.]
And... thanks. For everything.