Like others have said, Bruce was around after Batman went into hiding, and then he fell back when it was clear Batman wasn't needed, his company was going into financial ruin and his depression became too gripping. that timespan could have easily been a couple years before he told Miranda the reactor wasn't feasible.

Then you have to factor in what the movie actually showed us. Batman had to heal his leg, which would take time even with that device on it. Then the reactor was activated and Bane said it would take nearly 6 months to combust, a timer that ticked all the way down to the very end. The seasons clearly move from spring/summer to mid-winter during the course of the movie.

Basically, I'd be questioning how a dude healed a broken back in less than 5 months and climbed out of an unclimbable hole long before I got to questioning how the people didn't discover Bruce was Bats, LOL.


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