Sorry, but I don't take chances. [There's a beat in which most people would qualify that, but Bruce just lets it stand.]
It's not personal. You can help someone else. I'll just... keep things off the network.
[It's maybe a little personal. Just a smidge. But it's not because Bruce doesn't think he could do it-- he's pretty sure he probably could, based on his company's reputation, which couldn't arise out of the ether. It's because he flat out dislikes him on principle for creating weapons to be used against him, and he doubts that that instinct toward dislike will go away any time soon.
So he's definitely not about to trust him. He does, however, maintain that he's not being a dick. This is still mild and reasonable, for Bruce, compared to what he's like when he tends toward active dislike.]
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It's not personal. You can help someone else. I'll just... keep things off the network.
[It's maybe a little personal. Just a smidge. But it's not because Bruce doesn't think he could do it-- he's pretty sure he probably could, based on his company's reputation, which couldn't arise out of the ether. It's because he flat out dislikes him on principle for creating weapons to be used against him, and he doubts that that instinct toward dislike will go away any time soon.
So he's definitely not about to trust him. He does, however, maintain that he's not being a dick. This is still mild and reasonable, for Bruce, compared to what he's like when he tends toward active dislike.]