"We'll see if you can," he says - the timing is right for engaging in banter, but his tone is mild, carrying only the implication of it, though he doesn't seem unkind; his CiD goes back in his pocket and he extends his hand. "Tom."

It's easy to fake it. His real personality might be in turns infuriating, cold and awkward, Bruce can pretend to be a normal person with startling accuracy. What constitutes normal in Baedal, however, is anyone's guess - his act is only a half-transparent filter, today. A thin shade of honesty, somewhere in there.