[It's not that he's worried about Jack spreading it around. The cat's really out of the bag on that one. His habitual secrecy is just something Bruce has never lost, and he feels safer that way. He's an instinctively private man and that's not about to change, but with someone he's known as long as he's known Jack (nine months or nearly, he realizes) it doesn't matter so much anymore.
The subject itself still matters, very much. But Bruce is taken aback by that astute observation.] Yeah, [he says in faint surprise, straightening his posture a bit from where it'd been slumping.] It happened then. What gave it away?
That's-- that's what I'm always trying to prevent. My 'condition'. [He conceals the hint of bitterness as well as he's able.]
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The subject itself still matters, very much. But Bruce is taken aback by that astute observation.] Yeah, [he says in faint surprise, straightening his posture a bit from where it'd been slumping.] It happened then. What gave it away?
That's-- that's what I'm always trying to prevent. My 'condition'. [He conceals the hint of bitterness as well as he's able.]