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He actually looks at her now, a bit thrown off by how brazen she is about the whole thing.
“I can hear things most other people can’t.”
It isn’t exactly a lie. Best to not show off his powers in case it came down to a fight.
She pouted a little at that explanation. “But you can’t exactly hear no sound; even the best hearing can’t do that. Which means that I probably have to refine my methods, great.” Or he had something else that explained it, that he wasn’t willing to tell her right away; but Blackfire was intent on making sure of knowing the actual reason. “Name’s Blackfire, by the way. And you are?”
"Cyrus."
Should he be worried about getting too chummy with a(n attempted) criminal? Probably. But whatever. He's bored, and she's interesting and non-violent.
"So is petty theft your end goal, or is this supposed to be the jumping-off point for your life of vice and villainy?"












