"I'll do my best," Bruce said. Of course, relaxing when a pretty girl was going to be inside his brain was fairly nerve-wracking, even for Bruce.

He did his best to clear his mind and keep himself calm. "Ready when you are."

Bruce could handle anything even inappropriate touching, hello!. Or at least he pretended that he could.

The feeling of another person making herself known in his mind was... strange. But it was probably a kind of strangeness he'd have to get used to.

"Doing fine," Bruce said. "Do I have to say that, or could you just hear me if I thought it now?"

"Understandably," Bruce said. "So what's next?"

"Absolutely," Bruce said. "Do whatever you need to do."

Yes, that was pretty weird. /I can hear you, Jean.... Is 'hear' even the right word?/

/Being in someone's mind in general, or my mind specifically?/ Bruce asked, stepping up... IN HIS MIND. Because that's how telepathy worked.

/In that case, at least it should be more normal in the future,/ Bruce said. /So this is what it's like when you want to be noticed. Would it feel any differently if somebody was in my mind without permission?/

/Either way, it'll trigger the web and let me alert me,/ Bruce noted for the kids at home. /How hard is it to do that?/

Bruce was hoping for something that could be done quickly, but he had no problems with slow and steady.

After all, look at how long he was taking before going back to Gotham.

/Once I know what's happening, how hard is it to get a telepath out of my head if I don't want them there?/

"Especially if they're better prepared," Bruce said, opening his eyes. "Congratulations. You're the first person I've ever invited into my mind."

Hmm. She actually used the 'd'-word. That was the first time either of them had verbally acknowledged a relationship.

Bruce would probably never admit that what he was about to say was only half out of actual affection with the other half being because he needed her for something. If confronted about it later, he would probably say nothing and let assumptions be made.

"I take everything I do - including dating - far too seriously to try anything like that," Bruce said. Three Minute Dates was a fluke and he didn't make any actual moves on anyone there. "And that goes double when the girl I'm dating can read minds."