It could be an act, and there are times when he would have done the opposite, for necessity. Long term plans with short term losses, short term words and actions that disgusted him — that's always been part of the job.

But more than not needing to, Bruce is always softer with children. Softer when they've been hurt, when they do things like stay out in the rain, separated from the rest of their peers and whatever passes for safety on this planet. Softer, a little, because her footsteps are quiet and she's seen a world that no one should ever have to lay eyes upon.

So he does not lie.

'Sounds like it couldn't have happened to a nicer person,' he tells Vin quietly.