[It comes across as a snap, but it's not bad as it could have been, nothing truly toxic in the resonance of her voice. Zora pulls her arms back to herself, straightens, shouldering the heavy duffel bag over her shoulder again. Back in the Matrix, it had never mattered that she was slight and thin. Indeed, it had been fashionable. It kind of sold her whole image.
Here, though, it's far from useful, and she doesn't have her power to compensate. It's discomfitting, the part of her that made her a superheroine gone now. And worse, even if the part of Simons that made him a supervillain is gone too, he's faster, stronger. And she has little doubt he's done things. She doesn't know exactly how she learned of his reputation, but she does remember:] You worked for Johnny Royalle.
[Recognition had shocked her into tripping over her own damn feet a moment ago, but she's more composed now. All the discomfiture and powers introspection in the world can't stop her from stopping to gawk at someone from home.]
reality
[It comes across as a snap, but it's not bad as it could have been, nothing truly toxic in the resonance of her voice. Zora pulls her arms back to herself, straightens, shouldering the heavy duffel bag over her shoulder again. Back in the Matrix, it had never mattered that she was slight and thin. Indeed, it had been fashionable. It kind of sold her whole image.
Here, though, it's far from useful, and she doesn't have her power to compensate. It's discomfitting, the part of her that made her a superheroine gone now. And worse, even if the part of Simons that made him a supervillain is gone too, he's faster, stronger. And she has little doubt he's done things. She doesn't know exactly how she learned of his reputation, but she does remember:] You worked for Johnny Royalle.
[Recognition had shocked her into tripping over her own damn feet a moment ago, but she's more composed now. All the discomfiture and powers introspection in the world can't stop her from stopping to gawk at someone from home.]