The Amulet

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"You're probably going to want to stay away from Doctor Suresh."  Fury, in all of his all-black glory, comes at them from around a corridor as Tony finally manages to catch up with the charging bull that is his, thankfully, not so currently green friend.  He does hold a hand up behind Bruce's back to try to signal Fury to move but, alas.  The Director never was good at listening.

You can't blame that on the missing eye or anything but Tony likes to think he has mini eye patches inside his ears too.

"In fact, I'm absolutely sure of it.  We need to get a baseline reading on you, Doctor Banner."

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Now that I have my icons back and don't have to guess pic numbers...

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"She does." And after a pause... "So do I. I did my schooling in England. I'm afraid there'd been no way to avoid it. I'm actually rather fond of the whole thing. Especially the cookies." Yes, back to speaking terms where they both are quite happy and able to perform in. The tension leaves slowly, but at least it's leaving. In the screen, it's obvious by the way he relaxes, by the smile that grows on his face.

You should be ashamed of being such a voyeur, Banner!

Re: Now that I have my icons back and don't have to guess pic numbers...

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He is not a vouyer! He's only concerned and he isn't staring at the screen!

"I didn't want to assume either way. It might be nice to celebrate with you both. It... Isn't something I have a great deal in the past." Always on the run on the holidays or utterly alone. "If you think she would like to? Or maybe at the Institute if they can put us up. More homey than the Tower."

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"Wouldn't you rather spend it with Mr. Stark? You don't have to go out of you way, Bruce. I might be...safer...at the Institute. I'm not sure what SHIELD will do when they realize I'm not going to be able to turn this off." That it will always be a struggle.

That there's a monster lurking underneath. He's not like you. He can't just run. It's not who he is. He's too sloppy, too moral. He'll be caught in no time, no matter how clever he truly is.

[aggravated]

"It's not about going out of my way, Mohinder," Bruce says, trying to convey in his voice that he's honest and not just pandering. "I want to spend Christmas with my friends. I don't know if Tony plans to spend Christmas with Pepper here or still in London, or if he plans to be here. If he does, I might be able to convince him to come to the Institute as well."

There is no monster in you, Mohinder, not in Bruce's opinion, even after what happened.