He knew. He-- Artemis wouldn't have done it without telling him. He was in on that much. But... the cave was... [ dick runs a hand through his hair ] The flashdrive was information, but it was also to explain the attack. I-- Aqualad couldn't exactly call out a warning. I learned why he'd done it... after.

[ he-- repeats what he'd said, back then: ]

It was necessary. He'd already spent months undercover, and we'd gone as far as to have him-- we'd agreed, both of us, that we'd do whatever it took. We-- we hit a few snags, but if we hadn't done it, there's no way we could've ever stopped the Invasion.