"You mean reality? Well we don't understand where powers come from either. It only started like a few years ago. Does Earth know about... This place?"

"Some do. Most don't."

"I don't think the Earth you mean is my Earth. Have you heard of the Endbringers? Behemoth and Leviathan. They destroy a whole city on Earth once every few months and lotsa people with powers team up to drive them back."

"No. I go to Earth often. No powers."

"So I've got to think about... Can I get back?"

Also, do I even want to?

"You got here? A - lot is possible. Not safe. But."

"...My world kind of needs help. And I'll miss my family a little bit. They're - kind of bad. But still. But I don't know if I even can help. I wasn't in a great spot even before I got thrown here. And I'm rambling at you aren't I?"

And revealing too much to someone who seems sincere but she doesn't know, at least they're a hero, that's probably good enough? Maybe? Aaah.

Ink: Not good with humans.

She shrugs. "If - my thing works there? I can help? Or. Others can?"

She's never bothered fighting a universe to define her powers as greater, but she can feel it's possible. And Walta doesn't seem to think what Ink and Nereus do is impossible, which suggests her home reality may have a broader definition of possibility...

They're strange capes. People with powers have become the new reality - she even had them herself.

"I dont know if you'd keep your powers. Maybe. Maybe a bad idea. So many 'maybes'." Headshake

"I don't. On Earth. Can - return here?"

"Yeah, but- My Earth. Seems different. People have powers there." Shrug. "No way to tell for now I suppose."

She nods.

What now. She could talk about maybe not evem wanting to go home and also feeling guilty about that but Ink is... Shy or something adjacent. And she knows everyone else except maybe Gloria even less.

...Nereus is not visible?

Ink seems content to just sit.

Nereus isn't visible.

Eh forget the shyness, "Do you know where Nereus is?"

She nods, and points.

...Alright, she heads in that direction.

Nereus is findable, apparently coming back from a run. He slows down when he sees Walta, beaming and waving.

"Hi! Thanks for the - everything - again. This place is still pretty weird to me, though... It's a little scary. Also if you want me to pay you back somehow I would be glad to figure out something reasonable."

"It's no problem, really! Maybe pay it forward? Help someone else out."

"Maybe. But - Ink is quiet I asked and she didn't seem to know but - I'm wondering if you know if it might be possible for me to go home? Not to your Earth, to my Earth. I think it's different..."

"I think they're different Earths too, yeah. And you got here somehow? Means getting to or from's possible."

"Well, thing is, I'm not sure I even want to? And then I feel awful for maybe not wanting to." Shrug.

"...I get you. I haven't been back to my Earth in years... But... If we can go one way - you might be able to go, solve whatever, then come back here. I'd bet - if there's one path, there's more."

"There's kind of a lot of problems. I was gonna be a hero. But it's dangerous there. The Endbringers..." She grimaces. "And I wasn't from a great part of town, and my folks... Are not the best parents. Dad's worse. So. Maybe I should just count my luck that I'm still alive here, figure out something new. But that means, you know, never seeing them again probably." Shrug.