[Bruce crouches down in front of her. He's still quite a bit bigger than she is, but the gap's a little narrower, at least.]

When I was a bit younger than you are now, my parents were murdered in front of me in an alley much like this one. Since then, I've believed that no one should ever have to go through anything like that ever again. Life... doesn't always work out that way. But that doesn't mean we can't try. Do you agree?