Jaime smiled as she said that. Funny how parents a million miles apart could be almost exactly the same. That was parents for you.
"Nope. There is a GPS in it but you gotta activate it manually with the little distress call button for us to pick it up. Otherwise, it's just a communicator. If you ever need backup or a rescue, just activate the distress beacon or call us, okay? And that goes for things like maybe stumbling on something a little too big for one person, that it'd be better for a team to go into, or running something you can probably handle but maybe want another hero to go in with you for a good ol' fashioned superhero team up just to be safe."
He shrugged.
"Even if you don't come train with us we could maybe teach you some things on the job and bring the training to you."
Like he'd done earlier.
"You have a lot of potential and enthusiasm, and you definitely seem tough - which doesn't surprise me if you've been on your own." It was rough for the heroes that soloed it. "Buuut you're kind of where I was about two years ago: the flailing around like a newborn giraffe stage."
He was grinning as he said it, his voice teasing but gentle.
"I think it'll all click with you very fast but no reason we can't help it along so it's even faster."
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"Nope. There is a GPS in it but you gotta activate it manually with the little distress call button for us to pick it up. Otherwise, it's just a communicator. If you ever need backup or a rescue, just activate the distress beacon or call us, okay? And that goes for things like maybe stumbling on something a little too big for one person, that it'd be better for a team to go into, or running something you can probably handle but maybe want another hero to go in with you for a good ol' fashioned superhero team up just to be safe."
He shrugged.
"Even if you don't come train with us we could maybe teach you some things on the job and bring the training to you."
Like he'd done earlier.
"You have a lot of potential and enthusiasm, and you definitely seem tough - which doesn't surprise me if you've been on your own." It was rough for the heroes that soloed it. "Buuut you're kind of where I was about two years ago: the flailing around like a newborn giraffe stage."
He was grinning as he said it, his voice teasing but gentle.
"I think it'll all click with you very fast but no reason we can't help it along so it's even faster."