...very unseasonable rains can be seen in the distance from the shores of Acapulco.
The Brockton Bay Protectorate starts organizing volunteers to be transported or teletransported in batches to it. Heroes, rogues, villains, anyone's assistance is appreciated. A rendez-vous point is set for non-Protectorate capes wishing to volunteer, and Protectorate capes are informed of the situation via communication devices.
"I avoid her because I can, but I can stand her long enough to give interceding for you a fair shake as long as you aren't going to be weird about it."
"Like you were about me being willing to go with you to Chevalier, weird like that."
"Echo's probably safe but isn't always here weekends, don't know if she's in today. Dauntless isn't bad, Miss Militia's not bad if you're all party line, Drupe and Armsmaster are okay if you're all shop talk and don't waste their time."
"Mmhm." They start detaching from the ceiling and floating back down. "I should probably stop bothering you and let you return to your fugue."
Glam decides to go talk to Chevalier again.
Knock knock?
That's going to be a theme, isn't it. "That's because I'm not a boy or a girl," they say, and shrug.
"Not a boy or a girl," they repeat. Then they decide to try that one line: "I'm a superhero!"
They laugh. "I know, it's just, as far as gender goes, neither 'boy' nor 'girl' fit the bill. The answer to the question 'boy or girl?' is 'neither.'"
Blink. "Oh. No, I mean, I'm anatomically okay. It's just, what I'm anatomically like isn't... doesn't really have much to do with how I feel, gender-wise. And in fact my power lets me be pretty, uh, flexible, anatomically."
"More or less. My power is conjuring stuff and making stuff behave in different ways, kinda, and there's a minor Changer effect because of that. I expect it can grow with the rest too, though." Maybe not but having her believe it won't hurt.
"When I'm in mask there's not much of a difference. You can use 'they' as a pronoun, if you need to refer to me."