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"I LIED."
Dove has her stomach in a knot with apprehension. No matter how much she knows they need to hear about what happened, she still feels like something's bad's coming. Their reaction won't be as good as hers. And it'd make her feel bad for Dick, if she wasn't so in shock about what he said he did.
Kory, next to her, almost sensing how upset she feels, puts a hand on her knee to calm her down. It works... to an extent.
"I lied to you guys because I was afraid you'd leave this place... and me," he tells the kids. "And if that happened, there'd be no Titans." He takes a deep breath, and looks up to his former team. "And I lied to you, too. I told you that Jericho was dead when I got to the church. But he wasn't. He was alive. He died trying to save me from his father."
Honestly, after Dick just came up and said that he killed Jericho, knowing that his confession was ever so slightly altered by his guilt makes Dove feel better. Only by a little bit.
Seeing Rose look down, bite her lips and fidget – Dove wants to hug her, but knows she'd end up with a black eye. Rose isn't exactly receptive to her love language.
"I'm sorry," Dick ends. "You all deserve more."
There's silence, Dove looks at Dick's back, the only thing she can see from where she's sitting, next to Kory. She purses her lips.
Hank stands up, too slow, Dove and Kory immediately knowing that something is up, sitting on the edge of their seats.
He hits Dick square in the jaw.
Dove jumps from her seat, dragging Kory with her.
"Hank!" she cries out, almost yelling.
"You lying sack of shit," he spits out.
Kory stays in the back as Dove rushes over to Dick, trying to see how bad it is. His nose is bleeding a lot, and he recoils from her touch, standing up straight.
"How many other fucking half-truths have you told us?" Donna lets out.
"At least you got a half-truth," Rachel adds.
Dove and her share a look, but the teenager looks down. She feels like crying now.
"My brother is dead because of you," Rose seethes, before standing up. "I'm out."
"I'm going with her," Jason decretes, stepping up too.
Immediately, Dove is ready to go after him, concern written all over her face. "Jason, please, can we just talk about this?"
"You know, I like you, Dove," he says, not looking at her. "But you don't decide what I do anymore. What anybody does." Finally, he looks at her. "I'll give you a call."
She forces a smile, and it's maybe the fakest one yet. Once he's gone, her shoulders drop and she looks away.
