[Sometimes the best thing to do with confrontation is to side-step it. Many of Bruce's opponents have been larger than he is. They have been stronger or greater in number, and he'd had neither speed or surprise to make up the difference. The only thing left to do is endure it and wait for an opening- to redirect momentum that he can't create himself.
Vanitas goes stumbling away from him and Bruce doesn't follow him with his gaze because that too is a careful decision. It preserves his sense of privacy and extends the assumption of trust- as if he knows where Vanitas is going and anticipates his return. It isn't strange then, when he appears back at his side.
A hand comes out of the dark and pushes at the back of one of his legs- the force behind it is strong enough that his knee slams into the bar. He thinks that will probably also bruise, and doesn't reach for the bottle. He looks inside the mouth of his bottle instead, then at Vanitas again. At the creme de cacao.]
We need to pour some of that into each of these. Approximately three-quarters please.
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[Sometimes the best thing to do with confrontation is to side-step it. Many of Bruce's opponents have been larger than he is. They have been stronger or greater in number, and he'd had neither speed or surprise to make up the difference. The only thing left to do is endure it and wait for an opening- to redirect momentum that he can't create himself.
Vanitas goes stumbling away from him and Bruce doesn't follow him with his gaze because that too is a careful decision. It preserves his sense of privacy and extends the assumption of trust- as if he knows where Vanitas is going and anticipates his return. It isn't strange then, when he appears back at his side.
A hand comes out of the dark and pushes at the back of one of his legs- the force behind it is strong enough that his knee slams into the bar. He thinks that will probably also bruise, and doesn't reach for the bottle. He looks inside the mouth of his bottle instead, then at Vanitas again. At the creme de cacao.]
We need to pour some of that into each of these. Approximately three-quarters please.