Somewhere, the opening strains of Surface Pressure start playing.

He crouches down again, mostly because it's easier to look Bruce in the eye. "Bruce. I know that you don't know about it yet, because it hasn't happened for you. But at the moment when my life literally fell apart at my feet, my Bruce was there and reached out a hand to make it better. It's not the same, really, but it's kinda nice to be able to offer even a little bit of that back to you."