[He's honestly not sure if he's being played, at this point. He doesn't know how to take her smiling at him at all, however innocuously meant. It might not be innocuously meant.
Bruce isn't going to puzzle over it. That thanks was somewhat sullen, very teenager. He decides to push a little in between bites, because the truth is that he is still curious, and his help isn't contingent on obtaining answers but that doesn't mean he isn't interested.]
Do I get to know what inspired this? [He gestures between them with his chopsticks.] Asking to stay here. Or should I just, pretend it never happened?
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Bruce isn't going to puzzle over it. That thanks was somewhat sullen, very teenager. He decides to push a little in between bites, because the truth is that he is still curious, and his help isn't contingent on obtaining answers but that doesn't mean he isn't interested.]
Do I get to know what inspired this? [He gestures between them with his chopsticks.] Asking to stay here. Or should I just, pretend it never happened?
[He will accept the latter. Really.]