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[ there's a bit of stiffening at the tone, because for all that bruce seems to act the part of humble, soft-spoken man, there's still a part of him that carefully holds a small bit of pride, and it's that part of him that doesn't appreciate being ordered about like a nobody. he doesn't move just quite yet. ]
Will a small beaker do?
[ there's a pause at the very end of that question, an empty space for the 'your highness' that he doesn't quite bring himself to say. ]