[Exactly! ...It takes a while before she responds to that.]

I know it doesn't really matter what Dick or anyone else thinks. And I know I have to do the right thing, even if it's hard. I've made that choice, and I make again it every day. I'm just... do you have any idea how hard it is? I practically had to tie you to the bed to keep you from running off with a gunshot wound, Stephanie sneaks out of the infirmary every chance she gets and even gets people to smuggle her out, and Dick--he goes on and on about how it's an easy choice, it's simple, because hey, if you can help people, that's what you do! But it's not simple and it's not easy and every time someone gets hurt or dies, the first thing I think about is if I could have stopped it if I'd been there. And then I think about what I might have done if I'd been there and couldn't stop it and--either way, I'm useless.