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[After the last few days, there is a single temptation in Kate's mind: to put this off. To let it rest. She's earned it. Then again, she'd end up guilting herself and worrying about it too much, so it's worth getting it out of the way. Besides, all of it is important, and she wants to help.

So, it's back to the daily grind.]

Hey, everyone, a few things of note! First, I've updated the FAQ to reflect a few questions from you guys, as well as the recent bills that passed (or failed to pass). Hopefully, this clears up some things, and as always, feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

On to the cleverly numbered points!

1. Shepard and I spent the last couple of months looking for information on some of the people from Annie's list. I call it Annie's list only in short hand.

I've compiled that information in this document here. Hopefully, that will add some light to things. Whether these people are Hornets or not is yet to be made clear, but I do want to draw everyone's attention to Eleni Wang and the fact that she might be in Greece. If you're up for going to Greece to ask her some questions, I think you should do it.

2. Unrelated to this, my team is looking for some new members! We call ourselves the Young Avengers, and we're a branch of a much larger team of heroes from back home. While this won't give you officially sanctioned Avengers-status due to the circumstances of being here, we are looking for a few extra hands.

The only conditions we have are that you're at least seventeen (though we can be a little flexible on this point), and that you're willing to work with us as a team to do some good. We all play to our strengths, and we'd love to work with some of the heroes here moving forward. As a team, we're a little less "you must do this" and "you must go here. Also, we're very fun, and you can annoy Loki a lot.

If you're interested, you can either drop me a line here or contact me privately with your credentials.

Oh, and I figure it's implicit in our name, but we're generally looking for younger heroes.

Thanks!

3. My twenty-second birthday is this Saturday, and I've gotten one of my favorite diners to agree to let me throw my party there. It's intended to be a less rambunctious gathering, especially with Christmas right around the corner. If you know me, you're probably invited. Please use your judgment wisely! Also, gifts are not required. Sorry for the short notice.

The location is [insert Maurtia Falls location that's near Loki's apartment.]

That's all!

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We could always bribe someone to test it.

I'm sixteen. I know multiple styles of combat, both armed and unarmed, and am far more physically resilient than humans. Part of my duty to Shibusen is to take down witches and madness-controlled demons that we call pre-kishin, as well as other supernatural threats to people, which I have been doing for several years now.

[ a pause and then, to clarify the timing: ]

I'm not aging at precisely the same rate a human would.

Does that mean you look sixteen, but you're older, or that you're sixteen physically, but younger mentally?

[ This is one Kid's never actually had to explain before, so he takes a moment. ]

I'm sixteen physically, but I've been maturing ahead of my physical age.

[ Most children weren't reading and speaking in full sentences by the time they turned two, and they definitely weren't starting to fight demonic murderers at eleven. ]

Is that because of your parentage?

It is, yes. Father could have made me any age, but he wanted me to grow up around humans.

That makes sense, though I can imagine it's daunting at times to be different from your peers.

Sometimes it can be, yes.

[ It's complicated, though in ways that Kid doesn't especially want to share, and certainly not with strangers. But he is very much one of a kind in some ways, and that's not always reassuring. ]

Well, I think there's a good chance of it being different here.

You think there are other people who'd relate to that?

Oh, a few people come to mind from my world already.

[ That's startling, and it's a longer moment before Kid replies. ]

Are any of them here?

Loki. America. There are more, but they're the ones I know best.

[ Kid certainly isn't going to answer anything to this effect, but he's fairly certain this won't be a topic that comes up between he and Loki, based on their interaction thus far. ]

I will keep it in mind.

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