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[tiptoeing]

[For a guy who just got kidnapped by aliens, Bruce is looking remarkably calm. He's quiet, too, and doesn't exactly carry himself with any sort of confidence. More to himself than to anyone else;]

As if the invasion wasn't enough. Though somehow, I think these guys are different. I just hope they're not Loki's allies, too.

[Then he pauses, glancing around the ship, which he's still standing in.] I'm going to see what I can figure out about this technology....maybe I can get things working again. If anyone I know is out there, please let me know you're all right.

For anyone else who might be listening...can you tell me anything about this place? Where is it, and who's in charge? I'd like to speak to them. At least, if they can understand English. If not, I guess I'll have to pick up another language.

((ooc: he's wearing the same outfit he is in the icon, cauuuse that's his canon point basically. :3))

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[video, locked to Jocelyn]

[tiptoeing]

[Even after locking the conversation, he's still a bit hesitant about confessing this, but it seems necessary.]

I'm a little worse than what humanity has to offer.

[video, locked to Bruce]

[abetterway]

[She looks distinctly sceptical.]

You're quite the actor, then.

[video, locked to Jocelyn]

[tiptoeing]

[wryly] It's...complicated. Just trust me on this. You don't want to poke around in my head, regardless of the circumstances.

[video]

[tiptoeing]

...With that kind of ability, I'm not surprised that you're not particularly humble about it. What planet are you from? I've met aliens before, but not a race like yours.

[Bruce grins a little, too.] I'm not surprised about the particle either, with the kind of progress that's been made already. But it's probably best to avoid too many spoilers.

[video]

[yankeedoodle]

[Just the mention of nuclear physics already making Steve feel like he might have gotten in over his head.] Is there a project that I could help you with? Something I could see would be easier for me to understand that something on paper, I think.

Not that I'm, uh, asking you to build a tesseract or anything.

[video, locked FOREVER]

[abetterway]

Even if it would save your life?

[A knowing arch of her eyebrows.]

Others' lives?

[tiptoeing]

[There's a pause.] If somone else's life is in danger, that's the exception to the rule. Though if that's the case, I'm not sure you could influence my mind at that point.

: [video]

[knightoflight]

We have our creation myths. I imagine you have yours as well?

There were some mechs brought online during the war, but many of us were alive long before. But no one knows, precisely, how.

[video]

[relicrebellion]

I will seek you out soon, then.

Take care, Dr. Banner.

only if you'll pardon mine lmfao :c

[myresponsibility]

Just a couple days. I wish I could say it's been a blast, but I'd kinda like to get home.

[abetterway]

I haven't come across that mind yet. Can I ask what makes yours so different? [She sounds more intrigued than doubtful, as well as concerned - she noticed that dismissal of his own life.]

[tiptoeing]

...I'm not certain how secure private conversations are on this network. Can I explain in person, sometime?

always~. /the slowest of slow things

[tiptoeing]

Where is "home" for you? If you don't mind me asking.

[abetterway]

Of course.

We'll probably see each other at the hospital - perhaps we could take a moment then?

[video]

[tiptoeing]

I'm sure there will be, at some point. If there is, I'll let you know?

[Bruce actually considers that last comment.] I'm not sure I could figure out how to build anything like the tesseract...maybe with Tony's help. But it would take a long time.

[tiptoeing]

We could, yes. It's not really something I want anyone else to know about, unless they need to know.

[abetterway]

I can promise my absolute discretion. [A wry smile.] I've kept quite a few secrets, over the years.

[video]

[yankeedoodle]

Sounds good to me.

[Steve's face goes a little flat as Bruce unexpectedly considers his statement.] It's not something we should rush into anyway.

[hackreality]

I mean, could be either. *I'm* certainly not native to this planet, although I'm not sure you could fit a dinosaur in one of those pods. Then again, some of the guys here I don't think could fit in a pod either, so idk where they were in the ship.

Or they could be native! I don't know if they're any different from our dinosaurs, I didn't do a whole lot of biology.

[tiptoeing]

[thoughtfully] The pods might not all be the same size. But I'd love to see one of these dinosaurs up close, sometime.

[anomaliiiiies]

Dr. Banner. The name is familiar. Did you ever teach at Culver?

[tiptoeing]

[he raises an eyebrow] I did, a few years ago. Were you a student there?