Cape geek moment

"What?" Tattletale asked.


"The first parahumans appeared starting in 1984," I murmured. "Parahumans tend to trigger between ages eight and thirty, give or take a few years for the edge cases. In the nineties, there was talk and rumor of a gang leader gaining a lot of ground, once upon a time. The first thought was that he was a parahuman. He wasn't. His uncle was. The man slipped away."


A few heads turned.


"Given his age, he'd have triggered around thirty two, thirty-three years of age. That was roughly thirty years ago. The portrait matches."


"You know this how?" Prancer asked.


"She collects old case files," Sveta said.


Little Midas tapped Snake-eater on the shoulder. The man stood from the cushioned bench he sat on. Not even facing us, the man at the bar raised his hands in surrender.

- Black 13.8