[Serious question. There's a longer pause here, while he picks his way through the tunnels and decides how much he wants to give a serious answer. Almost long enough to seem like he doesn't plan on giving any answer at all. Eventually, the most immediately relevant angle—]
Turns out running into someone from your neck of the woods out here isn't as unlikely as you'd think.
[She'd already known more about him than she should have. (Skipped in from a little later down the timeline, which is a can of worms in its own right.) She's gone now. He'd checked. But a Gothamite is a Gothamite. And where there's one, there could be more. Vaguely ominous timeline spoilers aside—]
Far as anyone's concerned, I'm supposed to be six feet under.
[No fingerprints, no IDs, nothing to trace him back to Bruce. And he's got reasons to want to keep it that way until he makes his move. ALASTAIR's already got his name (and his number, if they're dumping him supplies from his own safehouse,) already posted it up on the directory, that can't be helped anymore. Luckily Jason Todd isn't a terribly distinctive moniker on it's own. Add a birthdate to that, and it starts to narrow down fast. Wouldn't be hard, if someone had the inclination to look once they had the means. Better to just not put the information out there where anyone can grab it.]
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Turns out running into someone from your neck of the woods out here isn't as unlikely as you'd think.
[She'd already known more about him than she should have. (Skipped in from a little later down the timeline, which is a can of worms in its own right.) She's gone now. He'd checked. But a Gothamite is a Gothamite. And where there's one, there could be more. Vaguely ominous timeline spoilers aside—]
Far as anyone's concerned, I'm supposed to be six feet under.
[No fingerprints, no IDs, nothing to trace him back to Bruce. And he's got reasons to want to keep it that way until he makes his move. ALASTAIR's already got his name (and his number, if they're dumping him supplies from his own safehouse,) already posted it up on the directory, that can't be helped anymore. Luckily Jason Todd isn't a terribly distinctive moniker on it's own. Add a birthdate to that, and it starts to narrow down fast. Wouldn't be hard, if someone had the inclination to look once they had the means. Better to just not put the information out there where anyone can grab it.]