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Damn good female sidekick seeks superhero/ine.

Why? Can't you be a hero on your own?

You'd think so.

I've tried the lone hero schtick. And I think I'd do better not... quite so in the spotlight.

Besides, I plan to be indespensable.

Indispensable how?

You do not need to be a sidekick. You could be your own hero.

I've tried. It's not for me.

Not that I'm planning to be a second fiddle 'yes, sir. no, sir, don't get killed, sir' kinda sidekick. I think I'd just be better at backup than charging into things to save the day all on my lonesome.

A sidekick who only says "Yes, sir, no, sir," etc. is not a proper sidekick. A sidekick should be ready to step in should something happen to the hero whether it's distracting the bad guy for a moment to give the hero a chance to regroup or getting the hero out of a situation by showing up in the nick of time. What is a 'nick of time'? Why is it a 'nick'?

I don't know.

But I'm good with time.

So am I. Do you have an ability?

Yeah. I do.

It's... not very useful.

You have one?

Yes, I do. It is very useful. What is yours?

I can track the passage of time. Like I said, it's not very useful, and frankly, I'd rather just shell out the money to buy a watch.

What's yours?

I bend time and space. May I try an experiment? *He holds out his hand.*

....

Um.

What are you going to do?

*Takes her hand.*

Stop time.

*And everything around them is frozen.* What do you feel?

W-

woah.

I feel

D-doubletime. God, this is so weird.

Do you want to go somewhere? Anywhere you want to go.

I, uh- Hawaii would be cool.

*He's still holding her hand, so the next moment they are at Waikiki.* How is this? Or do you want to go to one of the black sand beaches?

Wow. This is- this is cool.

I can also move forward and backward in time.

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