[Honestly, Bruce really doesn't mind not being spoken to directly. He likes his space, including emotional space, and in fact feels more at ease when the conversation has a certain distance. He's idly scribbling a few notes down, ideas for future experiments, but is too polite to completely stop looking at him as he speaks.
He does shoot him a curious, impressed glance at the amount of languages he can read.] Wow. I thought I was doing well knowing how to shop in Portuguese, [he jokes lightly in response. He doesn't want to make a big deal out of it, because he knows he dislikes it when other people do that to his own accomplishments.]
But... yeah. It's useful for conflict de-escalation. Mostly I know aikido, tai chi, a little capoeira for the control. Not anything mind-blowing, but enough to not be scared in backwater Guatemala.
[Which is really what he was going for out of it. It's true that Bruce carries himself with a strange mixture of physical confidence, and social reserve. He's deliberate in his motions but hesitant in his speech, someone used to living and defining himself alone.]
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He does shoot him a curious, impressed glance at the amount of languages he can read.] Wow. I thought I was doing well knowing how to shop in Portuguese, [he jokes lightly in response. He doesn't want to make a big deal out of it, because he knows he dislikes it when other people do that to his own accomplishments.]
But... yeah. It's useful for conflict de-escalation. Mostly I know aikido, tai chi, a little capoeira for the control. Not anything mind-blowing, but enough to not be scared in backwater Guatemala.
[Which is really what he was going for out of it. It's true that Bruce carries himself with a strange mixture of physical confidence, and social reserve. He's deliberate in his motions but hesitant in his speech, someone used to living and defining himself alone.]