"Hm. I wonder why." He had some suspicions, none of them really positive. "Maybe to lull into a sense of security, or as apology for the rest, or to keep us sane in between it, or just to see what we'd do." Other options were floating around, but he was too new to pinpoint one in particular he could think about in more depth. Bruce wanted to know whys, always. Whether or not he cared about what to do after the whys were answered, that was still up in the air.

Bruce was always intrigued when he saw someone skilled create something new. His knowledge was wrapped up mostly in science and survival, but it was the artistic ones that escaped him. "Those look like complicated knots. Where did you learn to do them?" Right off the bat he knew making any kind of bracelet, friendship or other, wasn't going to happen for him. But others who managed were doing great.