Bruce gave a slight shrug, that looked careless and casual but wasn't really. More like calculated to be casual.

"You manage to survive being in my presence. I suspect I can manage the same for you." He was very, very fair in most things, if almost never to himself.

He wasn't talking about physical scars. Nor was he talking about things that had happened before Clark knew him and were just part of who he had always been.

"I am not the general public, Kal. I don't need you to be untouchable and perfect."