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If the government ever decided that all of us would have to have a superhero name whether we like it or not, how would you choose yours? Or, if you already have one, why'd you choose yours?

Back home, my sisters and I were called the Paper Sisters, because we could control paper. We didn't make up names for each of us. Not that I want to, because we're not superheroes, and we don't have any secret identities or costumes or whatever.

"Paper Sisters" DOES sound superhero-ish though, doesn't it?

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28? I don't think I can even think of more than five. [She's certain animals would have more senses, in a sense, but still.]

That is because you are a human. Your fifth sense is scarcely detectable itself. We have entirely different biologies.

Yeah, uh, I am kind of a regular human. Apart from the whole power thing.

How is it that you do control paper? In what way?

I can make it as hard as I want - enough to cut metal or rock. I can make blades or shields out of it that actually work.

Bah gropa. Then you manipulate its very molecules? That is most impressive.

Pr...obably. I'm actually not sure how it works, just that I can do it.

Perhaps a Science Alien experimented on your genetic line at some point.

That's a scary thought. And I don't think we had any aliens back home.

It is likely that they have simply not yet made contact with your planet.

Maybe. Since crazy things happen back home and there are crazy people with other powers...who knows?

There are many things for us to discover in this or any other world.

That's true. So, do I just call you Croach?

That is the correct pronunciation.

What other pronunciations are there, anyway?

If you ask some humans I have known, there are many.

...wow, is it really that hard?

It is for my companion Sparks Nevada. But I sometimes wonder if he is a unique being.

[Who sucks at pronunciation.]

Well, anything's possible.

Anyway, I'm Anita. That's easy enough to say.

I am pleased to meet you, human designated Anita.

"Anita" is fine. No need for the "human designated" bit.

[Does no one in this world appreciate formality at all?]

Anita, then.

It's a lot easier to say, isn't it?

[She's a rough kid. She has no use for formalities.]

I had no difficulty speaking before.

Then "Anita" takes less time to say.

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