behemoth, meet the opposition

[mrglam]

Sadde doesn't seem quite able to focus on homework at the moment. He's fidgeting, and sometimes stares off into space for long periods of time before James has to snap him out of it.

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[mxglam]

"Yes. I promise."

[thinkering]

"Right. I'm going to go congratulate Rewind, that was her first Endbringer fight."

[mxglam]

"Oh, right." An undefined mess of emotions well up inside them. Why didn't she save- but they know they can't blame her for it. She couldn't've saved everyone. "This must've been the fight with the lowest casualty rate, huh."

[thinkering]

"Not quite. Below average but not a record, not even for Behemoth. Getting her around is a problem; Dad helped but I want to see later if you can do flying suits that other people can control."

[mxglam]

"Mmhm. Yeah, okay, we should definitely test that. I" can't go talk to Rewind right now, I'm going to blame her and it's not her fault, it's mine, all mine "'m going to my room to take a shower."

[thinkering]

"See you later."

And Lorica goes looking for Rewind.

[peterxy]

Rewind is in the Wards' little common room, looking electrified, and lost, like she's crashing from the adrenaline high and doesn't quite know what to do with herself.

[thinkering]

"Hey. How are you holding up?"

[peterxy]

She opens and closes her mouth several times before saying, "He was so big."

[thinkering]

"Yeah." Lorica sits next to her. "Yeah, they're big and he's biggest."

[peterxy]

She nods, and falls silent for a few seconds, then says, "I think I understand why people become heroes, now."

[thinkering]

"That's good."

[peterxy]

She nods. "It's kinda hard to get back to normal after that."

[thinkering]

"You'll adjust. If you want, there's a therapist, but that's optional."

[peterxy]

"Nah, I'm cool. I won't get fucked up, or anything."

[thinkering]

"I'm glad to hear it. I wanted you to know that you made a huge difference out there. Not just saving lives, but saving lives who could then go on to save more lives. I ran an estimate and today alone there are about a hundred fifty people who are still walking around because of you, and that's to say nothing of the ripple effect when the capes are there at the next fight and the next."

[peterxy]

She blinks. "Cool! I kinda don't remember a bunch of that, though."

[thinkering]

"You're not immune to your own memory loss? I was going to ask but the alarm went off before we could schedule something."

[peterxy]

"Immune? No, everything rewinds, why would my brain, you know, not?"

[thinkering]

"Some people are immune to parts of their own powers. I'm immune to your memory loss, by the way - and my robots can compensate because they're a distributed architecture - so you can be a little freer about bopping me and them for transport or healing than you might with other teammates."

[peterxy]

"Oh. Aren't you a Tinker though? How come you're immune?"

[thinkering]

"Secondary power. Did you read your handbook yet?"

[peterxy]

She makes a pained face. "Not really."

[thinkering]

"Well, whenever you get around to it, under 'Master/Stranger protocols unique to this HQ', there's a bit that says 'trust Lorica above your own senses while protocols are in effect'. I'm generally immune to mind-affecting anything."

[peterxy]

She nods, seriously. "I have a secondary power, too, but it's, like, to complement my primary. I can - sort of - see where stuff was."