Yes, yes, you're still learning about each other, the relationship's new and fragile like a tiny blown-glass sculpture. [None of this was stopping him from looking Bruce right in the eye, mind.]

Yet did you never consider that if you were better able to handle yourself, there would be less need to call in our favourite chromatically-gifted colleague? A trained man can handle a situation with a calm head and calm heart- and given the amount of Situations my counterpart was involved in, I'd expect that to be a valuable skill for you to possess.