He sighs.<strong>"Look, I'm sorry to even ask.  But life has been pretty <em>odd</em> lately.  As long as it's not going to affect <em>us</em> it's not our business what happened."</strong>Cautiously, he offers her a hand up.<br/><br/><strong>"And...I don't know about <em>friends</em>.  We all ended up with a jumbo dose of superpowers and no manual.  He showed up playing messenger.  I guess I'm more grateful than I am suspicious, but we just met him the other day.  It's been kind of a mess."</strong>