[Bruce tries to imagine Betty in that circumstance - nearly dying, hating him, trying to kill him, and the image evokes a pain so visceral that he almost expects to see the knife in his gut when he looks at himself.
He snakes a hand across the space between them and lays it palm up next to her leg in a silent offer.]
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He snakes a hand across the space between them and lays it palm up next to her leg in a silent offer.]
But he didn't succeed. Did you have to kill him?