[It's... a lot. Psychic twins or whatever Bruce is describing, sightings of the Hulk in Sokovia, what Betty doesn't know about Ultron or Vision or the Black Widow or the Scarlet Witch - the details aren't important compared to what he tells her and what it means to him. As he speaks, sometimes sounding clinical, sometimes excruciatingly emotional, Betty has to struggle to keep her own feelings under wraps enough to let him finish. It's not a stretch to assume that this is the first time since the events of last year that he's said any of this to anyone, that he's had anyone he trusted enough to tell. It means he isn't holding back from her either. So she doesn't interpret, doesn't interrupt, doesn't do anything more than listen and try to take in what he's giving her, as much as he can stand.]
You were hurt. Badly. [And he's still hurting, and she isn't sure if it's the things he was made to see or the things he was made to do, just that she can't take either away.] And then you were forced to hurt all those other people. Bruce, that isn't your fault. That wasn't his fault. But... it happened and it was horrible... no wonder you left.
[What else was there to do? There's a fleeting thought - that he came to her, and she can't keep him safe any more than she could the last time. That for all his power, the Hulk couldn't either. ]
You don't have to face them. You don't have to do anything. Just stay here. Just stay with me.
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You were hurt. Badly. [And he's still hurting, and she isn't sure if it's the things he was made to see or the things he was made to do, just that she can't take either away.] And then you were forced to hurt all those other people. Bruce, that isn't your fault. That wasn't his fault. But... it happened and it was horrible... no wonder you left.
[What else was there to do? There's a fleeting thought - that he came to her, and she can't keep him safe any more than she could the last time. That for all his power, the Hulk couldn't either. ]
You don't have to face them. You don't have to do anything. Just stay here. Just stay with me.