[To be fair that moment had been... it was an intense moment for Bruce, and one that comes by very rarely. He's clamped down much more on his emotions since then - and after what had happened in the Approach. The reminder of what the Nightmare gave to him had done well to keep himself in check.]

I don't need to use magic just because I'm a mage. [His jaw sets as he says that; this is one thing Bruce isn't going to budge. He's built the little he had of himself around that and he isn't going to turn on one of the few things that he can still hold onto.] If people ask then yes, I will provide. But if they don't, I'm not going to force it on them, either.