It is a beautiful skill, to be sure, but - and this is unlikely to be a shock - this is not the first time anyone's called Bruce a miserable bastard. Even in fondness. (Though Penelope has a certain flair to her delivery.) He stays quiet for a while; he can't really go into detail, and even if he could, he's not sure he wants to. What happens when he goes home? That Penelope still exists.
He can't even tell this one his real name, much less what they went through. He can't admit to anything near any of that. His capabilities, his tendencies - he has to keep it quiet.
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It is a beautiful skill, to be sure, but - and this is unlikely to be a shock - this is not the first time anyone's called Bruce a miserable bastard. Even in fondness. (Though Penelope has a certain flair to her delivery.) He stays quiet for a while; he can't really go into detail, and even if he could, he's not sure he wants to. What happens when he goes home? That Penelope still exists.
He can't even tell this one his real name, much less what they went through. He can't admit to anything near any of that. His capabilities, his tendencies - he has to keep it quiet.
"This isn't weird, to you?"