No, it was just a joke, [he reassures her.] Everything I've heard, I'd rather be different. [No question about that.

But he has to admit some fairly intense curiosity about how she operates with her... other half. In his mental narrative, he still has difficulty applying the word Hulk at all, to himself and much less to Betty.]

You don't mind talking about it? Your, uh. Being red. I don't want to press, but I'm, well, I'd have to be dead not to be curious.