Bruce moved a couple of more feet away from the ladder - gave the guy room to come up and be out of range of aforementioned pipe as a gesture of, if not peace, lack of intent to beat his head in. He moved pretty well up there for a guy his size, but that was just ingrained at this point.

"Help yourself. Maybe you'll have better luck recognizing landmarks."

Confrontational and cranky or not, he's not - Okay, he is violent, but he takes provocation to be violent. That's something, right? Clint backed down, Bruce can back down.