[He'll accept that, then; he's...not altogether sure what to do with that latter part of what Bruce is saying, but it draws a smile out of him anyway.]

It's a bit of a shame that I don't have Caren's, but I'll work with what I have. Of course, she probably wouldn't have wanted me touching hers, anyway.

[He and Caren made no secret of the fact that they didn't really like each other, after all.]