Bruce nodded, and sighed. "Sounds like a place with a few issues, but... you seem not overly alarmed by it all." He viewed her, curious, and with growing respect. What made someone look at all of this with such calmness and with such, well, sureness? She seemed utterly unaffected in his eyes, though he had just met her. And he liked that.
Bruce nodded again, listening to her. "Thank you. I think I would definitely be lost without someone who knows what is going on here." He took a deep breath, controlling his anger at this turn of events, and pressing all of his worries down, all of his stress, and nodded a third time.
"I know the feeling. I am not someone who likes to be around people a lot. Too dangerous. I have a... condition. Too much stress makes things bad. And like them or not, people cause stress." Which was a completely white washing way of not really explaining his situation.
He offered her his hand, grinning a little. "I have a feeling this place and this world may be daunting, but that with people like you around, I can navigate it." His smile and his voice was gentle, mild-mannered, and he felt like he had a chance here. Maybe.