The young man was smart to keep him at arm's length just as metaphorically as physically. That was one of the things most infuriating about the whole ordeal. These kids were smart and constantly threw monkey wrenches that even some of his most formidable opponents never did. Monkey wrenches that he used to slap away easier than they should have been able to.

It didn't matter here, but he also wasn't going to do a sudden turn around. Not for all the things that he still wasn't certain about in this world or what the heroes were here doing within it. Heroics and heroes ruined more than just their society. However, it seemed like at least Izuku's stance had become less likely to lash out and that was something he expected. Given no reason to fight, there wouldn't be one which would make any moves Tomura wanted to make a damn lot easier. "I saw your hair from a distance. It made me double take, I saw your face and thought I knew you even if I couldn't place it. I guess I wasn't wrong."