Jason isn't used to being on the receiving end of affectionate touch - he's never had enough of it to find it familiar, but even though he doesn't know Billy well, Jason doesn't shy away from the hug. It's exactly what he needs, exactly what he's spent so much of his life convincing himself he doesn't need, and he returns the gesture without hesitation.

He's not sure he'd agree with the assessment that he deserved better - he wanted better, he wanted to mean as much to Bruce as Bruce meant to him, and that clearly is never going to happen. Jason knows this, but can't seem to move past it.

"'SOK," he says, even though they all know it's not. "I mean - I can't do anything about it here. I can't do anything until I get back home." He shakes his head, mouth pressed into an unhappy, thin line. "I'm sorry you guys had to see that. I hate these assholes so much."