[She laughs and smiles gratefully at him.] Thanks. I don't know that I ever really learned the art of the right hook.
[Cissie takes a deep breath and just... spits it all out in a rush. It's easier that way.] So Mom wanted me to be a hero. She did everything she could to make me one. She even home schooled me so I could take every class possible--gymnastics, ballet, archery, karate, kickboxing, drama, etiquette... I wasn't allowed to get anything but first place. Ever. And I did, because I was a Good Girl. And I always did exactly what Mom said. Until another hero realized she was sending a normal human girl into life-or-death situations and called social services on her and they revoked her parental rights and stuck me in boarding school.
[DEEP BREATH.] And that woman, the one who still thinks I'm fourteen and will do whatever she says and do whatever it takes to get first place? That's who showed up today to yell at me for announcing my real name and not being a hero anymore.
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[Cissie takes a deep breath and just... spits it all out in a rush. It's easier that way.] So Mom wanted me to be a hero. She did everything she could to make me one. She even home schooled me so I could take every class possible--gymnastics, ballet, archery, karate, kickboxing, drama, etiquette... I wasn't allowed to get anything but first place. Ever. And I did, because I was a Good Girl. And I always did exactly what Mom said. Until another hero realized she was sending a normal human girl into life-or-death situations and called social services on her and they revoked her parental rights and stuck me in boarding school.
[DEEP BREATH.] And that woman, the one who still thinks I'm fourteen and will do whatever she says and do whatever it takes to get first place? That's who showed up today to yell at me for announcing my real name and not being a hero anymore.