"Anyway, we should probably practice working all together, like Spaceman Bill said. Before the exhibition match. Got to put on a good show."

"But who would we practise on?"

Shrug. "There's always sims. Probably in one of the smaller arenas. Random twists, random weather, random location that are gibraltar-ish... It's not great strategy, but it's good tactics. There's no limit to the number of modifiers and enemies you can add."

"I used up my sims time for the week on Bloodlines."

"So we ask Coach for some more! If it's official practice, not games, he'll let us."

"Either that or bug the Smokelords till they attack us."

"No civil disturbances!"

"You know the Smokelords, it'll probably take ages to notice they're attacking."

"My point stands. Maybe if we invite them to spar, which they won't accept because it's predictable, they'll try to ambush us later."

"Good thinking, 99."

"Ninety nine?"

"Show Mom watched. There was a lady spy named 99 and she was really smart."

"Oh, like Double Oh Seven. There's so many old shows."

"Shows from before the Shattering are weird."

"The superheroes are the only ones who can save the world because they're the only ones with powers, not because everyone else is far away."

"Aliens aren't real, dontcha know?"

"The world is a'changin..." Grande starts singing a song that was a one-hit wonder at some point.

After lunch, their last class for the day is science. And since the 25th anniversary of the Unveiling is so soon, today's lesson is about augment biologies.

Augment biology is a series of minor to moderate miracles gifted to humanity by the !Quell. The bodies still look human, and still have a humanlike structure with bones and muscles and organs in all the right places, but their DNA-analogue is more !Quell in nature. 

The bodies have great ability to regenerate, are easy to adjust, and are unaging - better in some ways than a baseline human body. They would not be as strong and fast as baseline human bodies without their implants. But the implants are as much a part of augment bodies as a human's skin or stomach. There are implants to strengthen the muscles, monitor the heart, to fight pathogens. Dozens of kinds of implants that turn augment bodies into a finely toned miracle machine.

The source of powers are special implants all over the body that can create and manipulate Klein fields. These incredibly capable little devices are capable of telekinesis, force absorbing and releasing, and a few other things, all controlled consciously and subconsciously (with some help from other implants).

But Klein emitters need the help of a mysterious organ called the Core. It sits just behind the heart, and the !Quell have not revealed much about how exactly it works... But will, in time, when humanity is ready to learn the secrets of the science.

The augment children are politely asked to answer questions from their classmates. 

Zeke shuffles his feet nervously. "Um, no, I don't just eat for fun. I need food to replace macronutrients."

The teacher elaborates, "Augment bodies are designed not to rely on the Core excessively - to be able to function properly in case it fails. Such a thing is extremely rare, but it only shuts off powers even when it does happen. The bodies are still perfectly healthy."

Another kid asks, "What's it like having a smartphone in your eye?"

"It would be great if we were allowed to use half the functions yet."

"It's great! Means we can talk during movies all we want and nobody cares. And we save on hair dye."

He makes a few smart swipes through the air with his index and pointer fingers, and his hair suddenly turns neon pink. 

Crash copies him, going for 'barf orange'.