Re: 02.01: Released from Custody...
Dylan raised a beer bottle in a mocking salute. "Actually, I think you're wrong. Of the one in, what, five-thousand people who might manifest some sort of super-power, most aren't going to manifest anything more than being able to listen to plants."
The fight between Earth-Mover and Cascade? Media coverage of that was huge. I figure that, deep down, People want to see the big guns fail and fall. Not out of any animosity or resentment. But simply because it reminds them that metas are, essentially, human, They suffer defeat and loss, because that's simply part of the human condition.
So, The quarter-hero--that's awesome, by the way--that's the guy that people can relate to. He's the guy who won the lottery and ended up winning a twenty-dollar payout."
"So, Alexey can fly--well float, anyway." Dylan nodded to Alexey. "She can turn into a creepy mass of spiders." He motioned to Janava. "And she she can turn invisible." He nodded at Nala.
"These aren't things that make them more relatable. The powers aren't the sell, here. It's the watching you try, watching you stumble, fail, learn, and--hopefully--triumph over whatever it is you try,. This could serve to humanize metas as a whole."
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