[ When he wants attention, Tony’s capable of twisting everything around until it’s all about him. When he’s trying to avoid it, he does the opposite and refocuses it on someone else. He doesn’t want to get into this argument about him. Not when it sounds like Bruce is happy to swap Starks at random, as long as he acts relatively similar to what he’s expecting.
But there’s more to it than his shaken sense of self. It’s the way Bruce talks about himself. About the Hulk. And maybe it’s pointless to argue over it if they’re not even who they believe themselves to be, but the memories are strong. Too strong to resist the instinctive urge to quash the negativity as soon as he hears it. ]
Way I remember it, he saved my life. So maybe I’m a little biased on the whole encouragement angle.
[ And then he’s too close to it and everything that’s happened in the last 24 hours overwhelms him. It’s with bitter sarcasm that he adds; ]
But hey, what do I know, right? Just a man-shaped meat-suit with some other guy’s memories uploaded into my head. That’s how cloning works, isn’t it?
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But there’s more to it than his shaken sense of self. It’s the way Bruce talks about himself. About the Hulk. And maybe it’s pointless to argue over it if they’re not even who they believe themselves to be, but the memories are strong. Too strong to resist the instinctive urge to quash the negativity as soon as he hears it. ]
Way I remember it, he saved my life. So maybe I’m a little biased on the whole encouragement angle.
[ And then he’s too close to it and everything that’s happened in the last 24 hours overwhelms him. It’s with bitter sarcasm that he adds; ]
But hey, what do I know, right? Just a man-shaped meat-suit with some other guy’s memories uploaded into my head. That’s how cloning works, isn’t it?