"Yeah, that tends to happen," Bruce remarked with a grimace. "Do the right thing and your efforts go unappreciated." He knew that all too well, especially as far as the Hulk went. People were afraid of him, really afraid in fact.
He looked away for a moment as Val asked him about what he was going to do and then shook his head. "Mm, not really. I mean before I joined the Avengers I was on the run, hiding away in whatever remote places I could find so that I and the Hulk could be left alone."
And Bruce was pretty certain he'd burned a lot of bridges.