[He's about to open his mouth to protest again, and more strongly this time. He can't help but feel that Johnny's insistence is arrogant, assuming that Bruce doesn't know his condition inside and out, that anything that would've worked he'd already be doing.

But then he says the one thing that Bruce is always trying to convince other people of.] I-- I know. [Suddenly he looks exhausted. His hand comes down, and he leans back in his seat.] That's what I'm trying to do. That's what I've always tried to do. No matter what it took.

So, just. Please. Believe me that I'm incurable. It's hard enough for me to believe myself. Right now, I'm trying to focus on... on learning how to coexist with him. Him, not it.