He blinked at that. It wasn't as if he was expecting something that blunt and straightforward. Flustered, Bruce shook his head. "No, it's the smart thing to do. The smartest thing I could have done was not come here in the first place."

And... Okay, that was quite a list, but still. He was pretty damn sure that none of those things matched the monster in him. "You don't know what it's capable of," he said quietly. "Even I don't. And I can't let you stay near me when I'm this much of a liability."