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You gave her a dismissive wave. <span class="mu-r">“Oh, you know. The usual.”</span> you said. <span class="mu-r">“Captured a supervillain, met Reed Richards, and took a trip to a magical fairytale island. But that stuff got old, so I’m taking a cooking class!”</span>
Just as you intended, Gwen seemed to be incredibly flustered. You really did get a kick out of putting people off balance these days. In that regard, you and your brother are pretty alike.
<span class="mu-g">“W-wait, what? Which supervillain?”</span> she asked.
Not expecting this reaction, you gave her a vague shrug. <span class="mu-r">“I dunno. We never worked out a name for him.”</span>
<span class="mu-g">“Well, what’d he do?”</span>
<span class="mu-r">“He could absorb and shoot electricity out of his hands.”</span> you explained.
<span class="mu-g">“Well, we can’t have that.”</span> she laughed. <span class="mu-g">“It won’t be impressive unless he has a big scary bad guy name to brag about. What about…’Electro’!”</span>
You scoffed.<span class="mu-r">“...Wow.”</span>
Her cheeks went red. <span class="mu-g">“Oh, what!? What’s wrong with it?”</span>
<span class="mu-r">“No, nothing.”</span> you said, unconvincingly. <span class="mu-r">“Say, what grade did you say you were in again?”</span>
<span class="mu-g">“Screw you!”</span> she said, unable to hide the smile forming on her face. <span class="mu-g">“There are worse names to have out there.”</span>
<span class="mu-r">“Right you are, Ms. Stacy.”</span> Bloodhound agreed, taking a sip of his coffee. You could see Pan snickering behind him.
<span class="mu-r">“At least it’s accurate.”</span> you admitted. And you just might be inclined to spread it around to embarrass Max even further.
<span class="mu-g">“What’s this about you meeting Mr. Fantastic?”</span> she asked.
<span class="mu-r">“He’s the guy that I handed Electro to.”</span> you answered.
Gwen sighed. <span class="mu-g">“Not gonna let it go, huh?”</span>
<span class="mu-r">“Not on your life.”</span>
<span class="mu-r">“When you mentioned the magical island,”</span> Bloodhound cut in. <span class="mu-r">“Were you perhaps talking about-”</span>
<span class="mu-g">“Neverland.”</span> Pan concluded. <span class="mu-g">“They took my Lost Boys, AND that shield on your back.”</span> he said, pointing at Gwen.
<span class="mu-g">“Yeah, Miss Hill mentioned something about that.”</span> Gwen added. <span class="mu-g">“Thanks for the shield replacement, by the way.”</span>
<span class="mu-r">“If anything, you should probably be thanking Pandora. She’s the one that Hill sent to fetch it while we rescued those kids.”</span> you explained.
Gwen shrugged. <span class="mu-g">“I’ve never met her, so I’ll just thank you instead.”</span>
<span class="mu-r">“I’m honored.”</span> you said flatly. <span class="mu-r">“But enough about me. I want to hear more about you and how you’ve been adjusting here.”</span>
She placed her hands on her hips and sighed. <span class="mu-g">“It’s a lot different from home, that’s for sure. I’ll have to decorate my room here all over again.”</span> she said. <span class="mu-g">“More than anything, I miss my dad and my friends. But I can’t tell them what’s going on exactly, and my dad’s been getting super suspicious.”</span>
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