[His dismissive reply is half-expected at this point and she actually smiles about him not being a charity case, knowing he can't see it. Bruce is about the farthest thing from a charity case that she can think of, so it's actually amusing to hear him state it so outright. His remark about helping her is unexpected though. If she didn't know better, she would guess Bruce was intentionally trying to keep her off balance.
Hiding that humor from her tone, she replies with increased nonchalance.] I don't need help. Besides, the one time I thought I might? You did let me stay, so.
[That's as much as he's getting on that subject. To the latter, her own tone becomes dismissive, her own form of defensiveness.] Come on, Bruce. I won't tell anyone for the same reason you won't. There are just some lines you don't cross.
[Unless they have to be crossed, of course. Hayley full well knows, deep down somewhere, that she would tell people if it was necessary to help Bruce do what was right. But she's still entirely sincere when she says she won't, believing such a justifiable circumstance to be so rare as to deem it nigh impossible.]
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Hiding that humor from her tone, she replies with increased nonchalance.] I don't need help. Besides, the one time I thought I might? You did let me stay, so.
[That's as much as he's getting on that subject. To the latter, her own tone becomes dismissive, her own form of defensiveness.] Come on, Bruce. I won't tell anyone for the same reason you won't. There are just some lines you don't cross.
[Unless they have to be crossed, of course. Hayley full well knows, deep down somewhere, that she would tell people if it was necessary to help Bruce do what was right. But she's still entirely sincere when she says she won't, believing such a justifiable circumstance to be so rare as to deem it nigh impossible.]