"Bruce Banner," Bruce says belatedly, distractedly, as he administers the anesthetic, now now that he's sure he won't miss what he's aiming for, with Steve and Foggy moving him around, however minutely. A long silence follows, as he disposes of the sharp, and breaks out a suture kit to start prepping it, and then wryly, he adds, "I'm the more forgettable of the two of us."
As far as the public knows, he's just the Avenger's medic, and if he's ever appeared on TV when the press has caught up with them, it's been only briefly. Tony has taken great pains to preserve his secret identity so Ross (and the rest of the world, when they realize such a tiny guy is capable of such destructive force) doesn't come beating down the door of the Tower, and he appreciates that. It keeps him from feeling like he has to look over his shoulder all of the time, on occasion when he leaves the Tower -- just most of it.
"Just hang out here and get ready to talk to him, if he comes around," he tells Steve as an aside. A beat and then louder, to Foggy, he adds, "And yeah, Matt's -- I know we already covered this, but he's kind of been working with us. He's done Tony a couple of favors."
And vice versa, with all the office equipment and gear that Tony's been sending his way, but. He's trying to make it perfectly clear (again) that Matt is one of the good guys, that they're there to help, that Foggy doesn't have to be terrified of his best friend, when he wakes up. That last one's important. He's sure there's going to be an adjustment period, regardless, given that Foggy is just finding out that maybe Matt's not as blind as he pretends to be, with the acrobatics and climbing elevator shafts in his free time, but he wants to try and spare Matt the terror portion of events. That's not a fun feeling. He knows from personal experience.
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As far as the public knows, he's just the Avenger's medic, and if he's ever appeared on TV when the press has caught up with them, it's been only briefly. Tony has taken great pains to preserve his secret identity so Ross (and the rest of the world, when they realize such a tiny guy is capable of such destructive force) doesn't come beating down the door of the Tower, and he appreciates that. It keeps him from feeling like he has to look over his shoulder all of the time, on occasion when he leaves the Tower -- just most of it.
"Just hang out here and get ready to talk to him, if he comes around," he tells Steve as an aside. A beat and then louder, to Foggy, he adds, "And yeah, Matt's -- I know we already covered this, but he's kind of been working with us. He's done Tony a couple of favors."
And vice versa, with all the office equipment and gear that Tony's been sending his way, but. He's trying to make it perfectly clear (again) that Matt is one of the good guys, that they're there to help, that Foggy doesn't have to be terrified of his best friend, when he wakes up. That last one's important. He's sure there's going to be an adjustment period, regardless, given that Foggy is just finding out that maybe Matt's not as blind as he pretends to be, with the acrobatics and climbing elevator shafts in his free time, but he wants to try and spare Matt the terror portion of events. That's not a fun feeling. He knows from personal experience.