Upon hearing Bruce turned green sometimes, Elphaba felt a sense of camaraderie and she smiled a bit. "Well at least I won't be the only completely green person around here?" There had been others before that had drastically different skin color, but as of right now, Elphaba was fairly certain she was the only one with that. And now with Bruce and his condition that turned him green, she wasn't the only one. Elphaba did like that, having someone else that understood and someone who would accept her without fearing her or hating her simply because she was different.
Elphaba listened to him, frowning slightly. "I know how that is, that sometimes people get hurt when we do not wish them to. But as long as we can do everything we can to control ourselves, to keep from hurting others, then we have to give ourselves that credit, even if someone gets hurt in the end." She was trying to be helpful, which was something that she was trying to become better at doing. "You do try to control it, so you can't fault yourself. You at least try. Some people do not even try."