At Aaron's words, Bruce glanced at the plethora of small electric lights that had been scattered around the room. "Not a fan of the night life, I see," he murmured. He was dubious about how necessary this sort of thing really was but likely it served to make Aaron feel more secure.

Bruce waited patiently for the coffee and took the cup in one hand, but rather than drink it he rested his chin in his other hand and leaned forward, listening with interest to Aaron.

(So he did call it on that university student thing.)

"I-" New school lab, new school lab... He did remember it, once Aaron mentioned it, although it still took him a moment since he had hardly thought about it afterwards. "...Was that really a few months ago? It seems like it's been longer, somehow."

Evidently it had made more of an impression on Aaron, though. Bruce straightened and gave Aaron a reassuring smile. "Relax," he said. "I don't think I'm going to suffer from over-appreciation any time soon. And you're welcome."

The smile was dropped when Aaron brought up Wayne Enterprises, leaving Bruce to instead stare pensively at his coffee. "It shouldn't be at any risk of collapse," he said, speaking a little slowly, "And I trust the people who work for me." In fact, if he was being honest, the company was probably the least of his worries in Gotham. "The situation when I left was a bit of a mess, but I have reason to believe things turned out fine."