Heron Lake Plateau [expletive deleted]

She didn't know what she expected. But, somehow, it didn't faze her when Tegan claimed to be lost in translation. Bat just rolled her eyes fondly at him before emphatically pointing at her eyeball, then her chest, then at him. "I. Love. You." Rinse and repeat. But even if he kept playing dumb, she didn't even care. There was something really damn liberating about just saying the words (well, sorta) and getting that out there. She had nearly died, for fuck's sake. Somehow, she had survived and come back here; she wasn't going to squander this chance to tell Tegan how she really felt, how she'd felt pretty much all along. Hell, Bat could die happy, even if he refused to acknowledge her. And would he even be Tegan if he didn't act like a (lovable!) idiot?

She did hope she didn't die though. When Tegan tried to change the subject by saying they should go find Raven, Bat raised her eyebrows at him. "Call her," she mouthed, then made a show of oozing onto the ground at his feet. She could definitely use a checkup, though Raven would have to come to her, not the other way around. "Call her, like you did for..." Bat paused thoughtfully. -Towhee?- she signed, getting it mostly right. "'Cause, you know, Raven actually has a chance of hearing it."