"...okay...", she said, nodding.

"...I'm a clone myself and...have been cloned as well, so...it's a sore topic for me."

"Mh...any natural explanation for it`?"

She looked slightly troubled.

"...multiple of you?"

She looked a bit concerned.

"Oh nothing", she said, with a slight blush, as she closed her eyes.

"...what were you talking about, though?"

"...that's more nuanced than most people have...of course, words are easy..."

Still...she started to smile a bit...

"...Yeah, growing...", she said, nodding along. Something seemed to have distracted her.

"What are your true opinions about Mutants? Both in general, and regarding the rights they should have in a country..."

"...so, there are only really the 'daily work' teams for everything, right? No special needs branches for...bigger things?"

She looked at him, slightly annoyed.

"...I meant that more in the way, that I'm not really...a street-level daily stuff person, or...really customer service voice. I'm more a special delivery...missions from high places, professional customers, often over several days or even weeks..."

"...I wonder how SDN compares to Shield for the work...then again, perhaps my line of work isn't really...fitting to it..."

//Already have one, that's enough^^

"What did you have in mind as being 'down to earth'? More something on street level?"

"Oh, no...not a person. Shield is an organization. I actually do freelance-work for them. Wouldn't exactly invite you to my missions...they tend to get bloody...but I'm sure they have some things lined up for you. I can ask.

They prefer people signing up directly, but they allow Freelancers."

"That's fair. If you want, I can see if Shield has some openings..."

She tilted her head a bit. Clearly she remained skeptical.

"...so basically an Alien Iron Fist...what kind of Alien? you look pretty human..."

Which wasn't excluding Alien DNA, but eliminated some of the most common suspects...

in the first place?"

"..."

It would not be fair to join the chorus. Even though she'd like nothing more than to make fun of Quentin...

"...as long as you're sure you want this? Remember, you don't exactly need an out anyway...you are allowed to end a date or call it off at any time. So...what made you /agree/ to it

“Good…and with that taken care of…how do you feel about the date?”

She tilted her head again.

“The biggest problems of not being ready or him being a creep or dangerous are taking care off, so let’s lower the intensity. Let’s talk the date itself…still worried about something?”

She tilted her head, looking at him. She seemed less flattered and more…on guard.

“There are hundreds of heroes in the world, yeah, obviously I shouldn’t be the first…and perhaps you tell me a bit about your powers first? Or a name?”

“That I am…”, she said, looking at him. She couldn’t place that scent…but something about it troubled her.

“So, from the wording, you are one as well, I take it? I’m the Wolverine…”

And ding! It was a match!

Apparently Laura swiped right on her earlier...

yourself, where you can tell yourself: No, I want to stay here."

She smiled at her, nodding. And then remembered, that Quentin can read minds...

Well, he got better in doing it all the time but...in a situation like this, he would likely be tempted...but...okay, let's just hope he won't...

So it was Quentin.

Ooooooh boy...this was a headache in the making. And...she seems like a nice girl. He better not fuck this up...

"Oh, it doesn't have to. The important thing is, that you have a way out, if for whatever reason you don't feel up for it. And...maybe just to have that point for

Mh...

...could be interesting

Bandwagon time!

ten minutes in, and give you the opportunity to abort the date under pretense of an emergency?"

"...pink hair?"

She can't possibly mean...

"...well...seems you already see some red flags...don't ignore them. Men, but especially powered men tend to see dating more as...a sport..."

She sighed: "Okay...just to give you a potential out...do you want me to be a security contact? So I'll call you

shouldn’t matter…so how about you describe your date, and I listen to any problematic parts of it…”