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[madcuriosity]

Oh ah, I beg your pardon. I hope everyone is safe after the storm.

At lunch today, everyone kept asking me what I was going to be for Halloween and if Mr. Stark gave full-sized candy bars.

I told them I would be me and they laughed.

What do they mean then? I don't feel like I can really ask them what does "what will I be for Halloween?" mean. And what is a "full-sized candy bar" and why should Mr. Stark be giving them to anyone?

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[madcuriosity]

Do you have them? Superpowers I mean? Is that why you know so much about it?

[idontgetpaid]

[ SHOOT HE'S SAID TOO MUCH are secret identities still a thing well better safe than sorry ABORT ABORT ]

Wh-Who me? I mean...nah, of course not. Do I look like someone who'd have super powers?

[ Nailed it. ]

But there's a superhero back home that I know about. He's saved the city countless times, even against other people with powers. He never really had to do anything, but he chose to protect others anyway. So he's kind of like an inspiration.

[ Which is all pretty true. ]

[madcuriosity]

I don't know, I don't know what someone with superpowers is supposed to look like. You very well could as we've only just met.

Who is the superhero back home?

[idontgetpaid]

[ He feels bad for outright lying to a kid, so he opts to avoid the subject altogether instead. ]

Spider-Man. He's called that because of those spider abilities I mentioned before.

[madcuriosity]

And how does one get spider abilities?

[idontgetpaid]

Well, back home, Spider-Man got them by getting bitten by a radioactive spider.

But that probably isn't the recommended way to get superpowers.

[madcuriosity]

... I beg your pardon?

[idontgetpaid]

Uh...never mind. It's kinda complicated.

[madcuriosity]

Are those... here?

[idontgetpaid]

Not that I really know of. There doesn't seem to be any radioactive...anything in this city.

[madcuriosity]

What does radioactive mean, in any case?

[idontgetpaid]

Uh...like I said, it's a bit complicated. It has to do with energy and sub-atomic particles.

[ Not really the kind of thing he wants to try explaining to an eight year old. ]

[madcuriosity]

... And... are such things here? These kinds of spiders?

[idontgetpaid]

Nah, I don't think so. I think the only thing we've got here are those people with spider powers, not the spiders themselves.

[madcuriosity]

Who has spider powers?

[idontgetpaid]

[ He hesitates a little. He still needs to work out what to call himself, and he isn't sure what name Gwen goes by he really needs to ask. ]

Uh...Spider-Man.

[ Whether he means himself or Peter doesn't really matter right now. ]

[madcuriosity]

Is Spider-Man here?

[idontgetpaid]

Yeah...I mean, I'm pretty sure he is. I thought I saw him once swinging around town, at least.

[ Hopefully that keeps it vague enough. ]

[madcuriosity]

Do I call him Mr. Man when I see him? Or is Mr. Spider-Man in one name like Caterpillar?

[idontgetpaid]

It's one name. I think he'd be okay with just Spider-Man.

[madcuriosity]

That would be very rude of me to assume. And you should never assume.

[idontgetpaid]

[ He bite back a laugh, because he doesn't want her to think he was making fun of her. He totally isn't. But wow, her manners are a lot better than most people he knows. ]

Fair enough. I guess most people have never really gotten the chance to ask that before.

[madcuriosity]

Well, since he's here, should I meet him, I shall ask him. I'm sure it can't be too hard to find a spider person!

[idontgetpaid]

[ He considers telling her that there might be more than one spider-person right now, but that might confuse her right now. ]

You might catch him swinging around sometimes. But I hope you get to meet him someday. From what I know about him, he's pretty cool.

[madcuriosity]

Cool? Oh! Oh yes, he's interesting and nice, I remember that slang. [Baby is from 1875.]

I hope I get to meet him as well. I've never met a superhero before. [Despite living with one.]