[that makes him sigh and shift his chin on her head to the side of his jaw instead. there's something bitter on the tip of his tongue about how people value life, bringing the superheroes back and leaving the teen vigilantes dead. but he doesn't know the details, so he doesn't say it.]

My friend, Roman, he thinks that playing hero is how you get to ignore all the darkness, how you get people to look at you like you're special. That it's what other people believe that matters.