Cissie gaped at Chris for a moment, completely thrown off by that. Why, she didn't know, exactly. Maybe it was just that she had expected yelling or shouting and she had gotten Batman instead.

"No! I'm so not Batman," she answered with a short laugh. "I know him - well, as much as you can know a Bat which isn't much at all. And that's because - because I'm a superhero. I mean, I don't have any powers or anything but I go out and I fight crime."