[The answer isn't really much of an answer at all, but then again pretty much everything about this raises more questions than answers.
He follows the boy's - Cole's - gaze to the people nearby, watching them going on with their own things as if they haven't noticed both of them. And that seems to be the case, what with the words that Cole says next.
Bruce slowly turns his gaze back to Cole, hands curling into fists, taking another few more deep breaths to keep himself in control. Whatever this... Cole was, at least it doesn't seem like he was going to raise any kind of alarm over what he knew (or pried from his mind; it didn't really matter now, he supposed). That was a start, if anything.]
Anyone who goes through them is taught about them. [He says, slowly and carefully. As much as his answer is true, he has also branched out quite a bit since then, due to his research and later on, with his condition.
He stares at Cole some more, trying to understand, to know, to find answers. Just what was he, to speak of all this, to... Bruce needs answers, and he'd rather have them soon than later.]
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He follows the boy's - Cole's - gaze to the people nearby, watching them going on with their own things as if they haven't noticed both of them. And that seems to be the case, what with the words that Cole says next.
Bruce slowly turns his gaze back to Cole, hands curling into fists, taking another few more deep breaths to keep himself in control. Whatever this... Cole was, at least it doesn't seem like he was going to raise any kind of alarm over what he knew (or pried from his mind; it didn't really matter now, he supposed). That was a start, if anything.]
Anyone who goes through them is taught about them. [He says, slowly and carefully. As much as his answer is true, he has also branched out quite a bit since then, due to his research and later on, with his condition.
He stares at Cole some more, trying to understand, to know, to find answers. Just what was he, to speak of all this, to... Bruce needs answers, and he'd rather have them soon than later.]