"Oh, Lord. You don't have t' tell me about people still hiding. I mean, I knew a kid once, who wanted so bad to be a superhero. Never really thought about the consequences of his actions, though, and it kinda made life hard for the people who knew what he was doing. Good heart in that guy. Not a lot of brains." Kaitlyn's smiling again now, which largely means the reassurances are working.

"See, that's so neat," she continues, propping her chin against the palm of her hand. "I mean, I'm sure it makes things hard sometimes, but there's so much freedom in that." She sounds a little jealous, even, but rather than say anything like that, she decides to finish off her drink instead. "It's just nice to know that things go better in some places."