God I would love to play board games with her but like

What questions could I ask her that would tell me more about her without seeming, like, intrusive

Like I'd ask like where she's from or what it was like discovering her powers but that feels like an invasion of privacy

spirulinagalaxy: well it seems like there might not be a great way to get to know her without doing anything that someone who didn't want to be known would construe as an invasion of privacy

Fuck it, I'll just ask her something

Like, what's she gonna do, kill me?

(Famous last words)

"So uuuuhhhh, where are you from?"

"Fresno, why?"

"I uh, wanna get to know you better." Blushing. Trembling. She's worried. The 'why' set her off.

"I don't think what city I was born in really gets at who I am as a person, does yours?"

"I just kinda asked the first question that came to mind. I'm not really that good at this stuff. Don't have much experience. "

"You've got all those online friends, right?"

"Well I can't exactly shout edgy political takes at you until details of our lives trickle out in the course of arguing about them." She probably should not be being this candid but as previously demonstrated she has a habit of just blurting shit out when under strong emotions.

"You could try it!"

"Are you sure? I can always just ask you what it was like discovering your powers."

"Oh, I reanimated a frog in high school bio. Freaked everyone right out and I didn't even have the evil laugh down yet."

"Cute! Have you tried doing it on humans?"

"Yeah but they aren't very useful, can't self maintain at all."

"I see. So more zombies than full resurrection."

"Yeah, I've gotta get to somebody pronto pronto if you want them to remember their name and shit."

"Were your parents weird about it? I know mine would've been. Fuck, I'm not getting too intrusive here, am I? Stop me if I do."

"If I don't wanna answer you then I won't is all. I moved in to Doctor Molloy's lab and never talked to 'em about it."

"Oooh, is that your mentor figure? How archetypal!"

"Nah, it's more like a charter school thing, Molloy didn't hang out with us much. It still runs but he had to move it to a floating island in international waters after throwing a few villains."

"Huh, so he like, plays for the other team? Not in the way that like, we do, I mean, you know what I mean."

"He claims to be a superneutral. Doesn't care about the cops and robbers shit, just wants preternaturals to have a floating island school sorta thing to find their feet on. He doesn't give a shit what I do if I don't go mow down his kids."

"Pretty admirable, to be honest. I like his style."

"He's neat, yeah, we don't exchange Christmas cards but I'd say I owe the guy a favor."