"I've been informed of the first two things, and the third is quite interesting," he says, taking a seat and gesturing for Mountain to do the same.

She looks at the chair. "I will break it if I sit."

"As you say." He gestures at a device on the table, a small earpiece. "The translation device."

"Good, thanks!" The helmet comes off, attaching to her back, to give room to put the earpiece on. "Does it go from mine to English as well as English to mine?"

"This version doesn't. Sometimes it will translate something in a way that doesn't make sense, or beep to inform you it doesn't trust its translation. In both cases you can press the button and tell it it made a mistake, and propose a correction if you want. It connects to a central server so it won't work in your mountain."

"That will be fine. I am learning English too. Practice is good."

"Good! So, we've managed to convince the Sentai Elite that we haven't brainwashed you and you're not going to be infiltrating them and feeding us classified information, but they want to speak with you anyway just to be sure." The translation has a small delay, causing it to be out of sync with his voice and lips. "They also probably want to make a pitch for you to join them, which you are completely free to do, of course." He does not betray any feelings about it in either tone or body language.

"I almost don't want to join anyone. If I join I would say it is for a few months and then I might quit, because I don't know if I like it."

He nods. "That makes sense. Would you like to talk to them anyway?"

"Yes. I still want to try and fix Japan."

"Good!" He taps something into his computer. "They would like to talk to you in twenty-five minutes, via video-conference. They requested to speak to you and you alone, so you will have this room for yourself. And your translator should work with Japanese as well."

"I will write notes on the tunnels until then?"

In English: "Hello. I am sorry I do not know Japanese. The translator is working, so I can understand it. I hope your country is recovering from Leviathan well."

"We appreciate our concern, and we are very thankful for your help during the fight. Losses would have been much larger if you had not helped."

"I will always prevent senseless destruction if I can."

"That is good to hear. We also heard you were interested in helping us recover from this disaster, and were possessed of uniquely suitable powers, yes?"

"Yes. I can create, shape, and sense stone. I have used this to build roads and bridges in the past, and to suppress earthquakes, reverse landslides, close crevasses. And I enjoy building things."

The three capes nod, and the one in the middle continues speaking. "We have a strict policy about parahumans entering our territory without our knowledge and control, we want to reduce the number of disasters, but we do believe you would be cause for much rejoicing."

"I do not enjoy being controlled strictly. But for the good of all I can tolerate it for a while."

"We do not mean to control you. Only to keep track of parahumans amongst us. You understand that it is difficult enough to keep them in check without adding new ones who do not know our ways and would be more likely to hurt than to help."

"I think I understand. Know that I am not a parahuman. I am something different, a Fate."

"That is interesting. In what ways are you different than a parahuman?"