"From what I can tell, the original team is from all over the place," Bruce admits, softly thinking out loud as he stops, staring off at some lone point as he momentarily loses himself in a reverie.

"Cap's from the future, apparently, but another world entirely, and as for Thor and Tony - well, they hadn't even heard of the Avengers Initiative until I showed up to tell them about it. Kind of ironic when you think about how long they campaigned for me to join, even after I told them I'm not exactly a team player."