"And he'd be thrilled to jump onto our Polyamory Pirate Ship," Kathy said, because talking about Ezra was roughly a trillion times easier than acknowledging her stupid crush that would not die.

"...And, no. You're not confused. There was--is--whatever--this guy. Goes by Gorgon, at least when we're out vigilante-ing together. Pretty sure we're still in the same place we were a year ago. I think he's hot, he thinks of me as a kid. Except now we'r about three thousand miles apart, so anything is even less likely to happen now."