[Hayley's choice to seek company is more a logical decision of necessity than it is an emotional one. Some part of her is scared and doesn't want to face their potential demise alone. As distant as she tends to be, keeping most relationships shallow, she's still used to being around people and engaging with them. Living alone has made her time in the dark before sleep more intimidating somehow.
Yet, the practicality cinched any potential desire not to be alone. Hayley, for all her fight, is still a very small teenage girl who knows very little about magic and even less about combating literal super powers.]
I didn't choose you for your company. [She replies, mirroring his lightness while intentionally hinting that her being here is a very conscious choice, that it was meticulous as anything else she does. Hayley trusts Bruce more than most, truly, but she also trusts the Hulk to protect her -- not by actually protecting her, but by fighting off anything larger while she slinks away.]
[After another bite, she adds with an unusual level of normalcy:] Thanks for dinner.
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Yet, the practicality cinched any potential desire not to be alone. Hayley, for all her fight, is still a very small teenage girl who knows very little about magic and even less about combating literal super powers.]
I didn't choose you for your company. [She replies, mirroring his lightness while intentionally hinting that her being here is a very conscious choice, that it was meticulous as anything else she does. Hayley trusts Bruce more than most, truly, but she also trusts the Hulk to protect her -- not by actually protecting her, but by fighting off anything larger while she slinks away.]
[After another bite, she adds with an unusual level of normalcy:] Thanks for dinner.