Selene stepped forward two more paces, cupped Bruce's face in both hands, and said, "Sorry, darling. Maggie told me before that something was wrong with your mental state. I didn't really believe her, but now I do."
"I know, I know..." Selene leaned close to Bruce's face and said, "You're a filthy rich tycoon. One meal costs you thousands of dollars. Even if you don't know how much five dollars means in the Slums, you should at least be able to tell these boots are fake, right???"
Selene flung Bruce's head aside and pointed at his boots. "Even if you can't see the details, can't you tell that the uppers and soles aren't even the same color? Are you color-blind?!!!"
By the end, Selene was already shouting. Bruce had no answer to her question, because he truly had no idea what rain boots in the Slums were supposed to look like.
Bruce normally did not wear rain boots. When he was Batman, he wore the combat boots of the Batsuit. Other than looking vaguely like shoes, those things had little to do with shoes anymore. When he was Bruce, he generally wore leather shoes.
What? You were asking what he did when it rained?
Whenever it rained, wherever Bruce needed to go, he simply called ahead and had them prepare blankets and drive the car to the entrance. Before his foot even touched the ground, attendants would have laid a thick stack of waterproof blankets and umbrellas from the car door all the way to the lobby. If even a drop of rain got on his shoes, the attendants would get scolded.
The rain boots Bruce was wearing now had a faint difference in color between the uppers and soles. The uppers were ordinary green, while the soles were army