character - Why does Alfred leave in The Dark Knight Rises? - Movies & TV

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Alfred leaves Bruce,
telling him that he has buried enough members of the Wayne family. But, Bruce has been
running around all this time as Batman. I think the odds of him being killed are pretty
high. Why is Alfred only worried now?

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When Bruce
Wayne returns as Batman in Dark Knight Rises he isn't the same person in terms of his
reaction times and agility which he possessed years ago when he decided to hang up his
boots at the end of Dark Knight (plus the limping at the start of the movie). Alfred
strongly believes that he is also inferior in physicality, strength and reaction to Bane
when he sees all the footage of him during the motorcycle chase scene he enacts in front
of Gotham.

Alfred tries to explain the scenario
to Bruce Wayne to the extent of Bane's strength and also believes that Bruce Wayne is
trying to be batman to satisfy his obsession, even though he is old Bruce Wayne still
has the heart of the old batman and tries to counter him stating that his weakness can
be exploited which ultimately leads Alfred to leave on the fact of their heated
discussion.

All those years Alfred never gave
up on Bruce because he believed that he could fight those odds but in the case of Bane,
Alfred instinctively knew that this was the fight Batman can never win at that point of
time given his strength and also earlier Alfred hints to him (the coffee place he talks
about) about starting a family (or finding the right girl) which could have led him to
that decision.

(Alfred is correct at that point
and Bruce Wayne gets his broken back immediately after he
leaves)