"Well, so far I've still only died the same number of times as I had yesterday, so I think we'll be all right."

Is it impolite to ask someone how many times they've died.

Fuck it, she's curious.

"How many times is that?"

"Just once. Turned out to have a power that reincarnated me, it was weird."

"Same power that led to there being two of you last night?"

"Uh, not unrelated but not the same - how much of this story do you actually want."

"All of it, I think."

"Do you know who Lorica is?"

"Tinker, died fighting Leviathan, not sure if I know anything else about them off the top of my head."

"Yeah, well, I turned out to have a power that reincarnated me. I think it is related to why my copies are not evil, but it was a different cape that made the copies."

"So you're immortal and there are two of you now? Oh, copies plural - three of you?"

"You didn't actually see me with the rest, since I was the one copied from and was at the time still incapacitated."

"Oh, so we haven't met more."

"I  honestly have a bunch more questions if you'd like to come inside and chat for longer? I have some cookies in the oven if that tempts you."

"My copies will make fun of me, but sure, why not, as long as you aren't secretly a cape hater planning to poison me."

"I don't hate capes and have no plans to poison any, much less one who sounds guaranteed to come back for revenge."

Her house is cozy if old, smelling of wood and freshly baking cookies. A staircase near the entrance leads to an upstairs presumably with bedrooms, and past that there's a kitchen with a small wooden table pressed against the wall. There are a few potted plants decorating the place, and a tall bookcase crammed into the kitchen filled with textbooks and a mix of historical and parahuman non-fiction. 

"Nice place." She has a backpack - it's what she carried the blankets and shirts in - and there's a little Rete drone in the bottom of the bag, presumably taking care of notifying her copies about what she's up to.

"Thanks - I've had a lot of time to stay in and reorganize things recently with how violent the city has been."

"If I weren't a cape I'd probably go live in the middle of nowhere."

"Yeah.... I considered it. But I don't want to bury my head in the sand if that makes any sense?"

"You can get the news in the middle of nowhere."

"If the news was any good than I wouldn't be inviting a cape I just met into my house - no offense."

"Fair enough."

"Why does being a parahuman mean you have to live out here?"

"Oh, it doesn't mean I have to, it just means that I have more leverage to work with. I did die that one time but I did it saving people."

"What are using the leverage for?"

"Saving people, I just said! Though now that there are more of us we may resettle."