[Bruce glances back at Steve when he speaks, but doesn't respond verbally, and any gestured acknowledgement is swallowed by movement as he puts some distance between himself and the person he just resonated with. Bruce appears preoccupied, focused, and he is. Just as a swiftly-flowing stream can almost appear still, pouring yourself into a task at hand can afford you some peace of mind, as well as stop you from questioning said task, or the catch-22 decisions which brought you to it.
The physicist removes his shoes, blazer, shirt, wasting taking time so that the clothing looks slightly more folded than piled and removing, then replacing, his glasses from said pile, opening/closing them in the process. He's seen other "weapons" transforming today, and none of them destroyed their clothes in the process, that he could see, but odds are none were dragging their feet arrived here with one already lurking inside them. Better safer than sorry, which is also why Bruce walks until he's roughly equidistant from his stuff and Steve before taking a seat on the grass. This party trick doesn't require any special staging, not anymore, but it never hurts to prepare that stage, especially when faced with some unknowns, BIG ones. If the "other guy" does rear his ugly head, the time it took him to extricate himself from a meditative position could give Steve the head start he needed to stop a bad situation from turning into something much worse. Then again, there's always the chance nothing would happen, that he would find himself still sitting there a few moments from now, barefoot and barechested, staring awkwardly at Steve.
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catch-22decisions which brought you to it.The physicist removes his shoes, blazer, shirt,
wastingtaking time so that the clothing looksslightlymore folded than piled and removing, then replacing, his glasses from said pile, opening/closing them in the process. He's seen other "weapons" transforming today, and none of them destroyed their clothes in the process, that he could see, but odds are nonewere dragging their feetarrived here with one already lurking inside them. Better saferthan sorry, which is also why Bruce walks until he's roughly equidistant from his stuff and Steve before taking a seat on the grass. This party trick doesn't require any special staging, not anymore, but it never hurts to prepare that stage, especially when faced with some unknowns, BIG ones. If the "other guy" does rear his ugly head, the time it took him to extricate himself from a meditative position could give Steve the head start he needed to stop a bad situation from turning into something much worse. Then again, there's always the chance nothing would happen, that he would find himself still sitting there a few moments from now, barefoot and barechested, staring awkwardly at Steve.Bruce meets Steve's eyes.
Here's to
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