"Oh. As far as I know I have only bodysnatched one person but I suppose there's no known law guaranteeing that I didn't do it simultaneously to a dozen more? Though I'd expect us all to be online under the name Lorica so we'd have noticed each other."

"Do you think you'd get along?"

"Oh, absolutely, I'm delightful."

"You really are."

Oh no why does he say words.

"Um."

And his face. Why does his face blush.

She giggles a little bit.

That's not helping!

"Thank you."

"... you're welcome."

"Do you think you'd get along with other-Lucien?"

Oh thank god.

"Uh, I think so? I definitely wouldn't dislike other me. Might depend on how similar we were - if we had different powers or something that would make it easier to not just feel... like I'd be talking to myself, I guess?"

"Oh, you do, his is making furrows in things. Any size, he can do microchips."

"...Oh yeah you mentioned him. Man that's really weird. What is he... like?"

"...well, like... you. He's just you only a cape. And a bit younger than you are."

"What was he doing with his life?"

"Fighting crime. And the microchip thing."

"Honestly fighting crime sounds like a weird fit for me."

"I was planning to go rogue - that means not-cops-and-robbers - after I graduated from the Wards, which is the junior heroes organization, but he didn't seem fully decided."

"I would guess he'd prefer to work with an existing structure than be independent?"

"Which means Protectorate, which means hero work," she shrugs.

"Yeah that'd make sense. You aren't a fan?"

"My dad's a hero. I don't disapprove. It just wasn't want I wanted to be doing with my life and my power would've let me 80/20 a lot of the value without having to personally be in the field shooting tranquilizer darts at people."

"You couldn't do that with the Protectorate?"

"Not really, no."