A Notice check of +2 will reveal that none of the agents seem particularly impressed by his lying, but they're willing to play along for the moment. "Mr. Roderick, let me be blunt with you," the leader says. "As I'm sure you're well aware, almost every single 'powerful' metahuman, or 'super', as is the common term, across the globe has disappeared. That has left not just our organizations, but our nation, quite vulnerable. Over the last months since the disappearance, we've been personally tracking down the strongest remaining metahumans, if for nothing else, the matter of national security. Your 'contact'," he says the word with enough sincerity that he<em>might</em>believe Terry's story, but is betting against it, "is one of the more powerful remaining, unaffiliated citizens, and, quite simply, we need him. We need you, to help us."<br/><br/>(Empathy 'attack', tagging<em>You're in trouble, aren't you?</em>and both boosts, for a total of +9.)