[ She's encouraged by that. And she nods, and relaxes enough to confess, not without a bit of wryness: ]

Anyway, I've got to admit that I don't really even understand the whole vigilante thing. If they were standing up to the government as vigilantes - all right. But most vigilantes just seem to be hunting down criminals, which they could do while registered, which means they'd be getting a really good amount of money for doing the exact same things. And it's money that's going to put a stop to crime, way better than any one person heading out there with super-strength. They could donate that to anti-poverty initiatives. I think registration's stupid as anything - I think this whole system is stupid as anything - but you can turn it to your advantage.