That's the kind of shit you're in for when you know me.

[Like it's an inevitability, or something, because it is. His attempt at normalcy lasted all of five minutes before his reputation ruined everything and people around him began to get hurt again.]

I get what you're trying to do with the mask. [Even if actual masked superheroes and villains don't exist in his universe, he understands the premise well enough.] It'd make sense for most people, but not for me. My life doesn't work that way.