[It's a valid point, but he's not daunted. Bruce has always been very clear on who deserved help, and it was a separate issue from anything else, in his mind.]
We don't need to be friends, [he counters calmly. Bruce's altruism may seem out of place in his character, but he wants to make a positive impact wherever he can. Not to balance the scales for the other things he's responsible for, no, that sort of thinking was never going to work. It was just because he needs to, for his own sanity. For his own belief that he's not a monster. He has to do something good.]
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We don't need to be friends, [he counters calmly. Bruce's altruism may seem out of place in his character, but he wants to make a positive impact wherever he can. Not to balance the scales for the other things he's responsible for, no, that sort of thinking was never going to work. It was just because he needs to, for his own sanity. For his own belief that he's not a monster. He has to do something good.]