"Huh."

"I can see how they've kept up with it, actually - they did their homework on me, and they kept things professional but friendly."

"Kind of low-key most of the time, but they're always around. Good at picking their fights."

"Not bad allies to have."

"Yeah." Smile. "Nice job."

"You did a good job pointing me at them, too."

"We can split the accolades."

"Sounds good to me."

A celebratory kiss seems the fairest way of doing so.

Very efficient! 

Mmhmmm!

Here's to the continued conquest of Philadelphia.

And of her supervillainous career. 

A certain definitely-not-an-ex-supervillain, who has been finally aging her body up to match her real age (and therefore getting hit with puberty like a freight train), all while training in the Force with her new teacher and contemplating a rebrand (Anakin has veto'd Skinwalker, sadly). But not all of a growing girl's time can be spent on horrifying violations of nature, nor on training, so she's also active on forums like PHO...

Including cape fandom.

Which means, being a budding young lesbian of excellent taste, she notices the formal debut of America's newest tiger-themed villainess...

And gets a feeling about her. 

Lily (as she's calling herself now) does the research needed to confirm that, yep, this is the same tiger as has been decimating pretty much every criminal group with bounties out, but decides not to say anything, instead participating in the shipping, fanart, and fanfic like a normal girl - and giggling to herself when both Incandesce and Burning Ruby Tiger Decima give her kudos on her latest ship art -

But there's still something about this tiger. 

Lily, fortunately for her curiosity, has zero respect for the Unwritten Rules. It's actually stupidly easy to track (for a psychic, definitely not ex supervillain who definitely has never murdered and/ or turned into horrifying abominations heroes in their civilian identities) down who Burning Ruby Tiger Decima is - which means the trail stops dead cold on a girl named Ruby (...not very creative of her) who, as far as the legal system can tell, appeared out of absolutely nowhere - 

- Like the incredibly overpowered tiger villain, who suddenly appeared for the first time in the middle of a bank robbery, clearly already familiar with her powers - 

She writes down a tidy summary of her suspicions and goes to see if Skywalker and/ or Anakin are available for bothering. 

Skywalker is theoretically meditating, but it's a nice day, and she's more accurately described as drowsing in the sun.

Then she is imminently interruptable!

Oh. Joy.

True, Lily's presence is always a joy.

"What, Lily."

"Found an interesting new villain."

"And... you want me to proofread your latest literary endeavor featuring her in compromising positions? If Legend's in this one again I'm not doing it."

"Not Legend, pinky promise! And I'd also like your opinions on her - this villain, that is - more in general."

Siiiiigh. She drags herself to an upright sitting position.

"All right. What have you got?"

Data! About Burning Ruby Tiger Decima, her spotlight-avoiding companion, her extracurricular activities, her unusual powers and even more unusual immediate confidence in them... Also a number of pictures of her butt, though that's probably a given with her costume and Lily's proclivities.

Okay, sure. Not your typical cape. Maybe she's a test project from the power-granters, trained at whatever secret location blah blah blah. Or maybe she's another space alien. What does Lily want to do about it?