He took a long sip of his own drink, letting it sit on his palette and then slide down his throat without interruption. Finally, after almost a full minute of silence.
"You don't like this portion of yourself, Bruce, but I hardly know this side of me. I let it out once and only once. And I don't trust it... me with anyone else. The kind of man who'd ask for kryptonite to be there."
The kind of man he could trust to use it.
"I don't know my darkness. At least, not like this. Not without being pushed so far it's life or death. I don't know how to... use it. It's like handing a swordsman a gun. They understand the basic concepts, but none of their training transfers."
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"Then that should do it."
He took a long sip of his own drink, letting it sit on his palette and then slide down his throat without interruption. Finally, after almost a full minute of silence.
"You don't like this portion of yourself, Bruce, but I hardly know this side of me. I let it out once and only once. And I don't trust it... me with anyone else. The kind of man who'd ask for kryptonite to be there."
The kind of man he could trust to use it.
"I don't know my darkness. At least, not like this. Not without being pushed so far it's life or death. I don't know how to... use it. It's like handing a swordsman a gun. They understand the basic concepts, but none of their training transfers."