Leaving with Hope, Errant sits down in the commons area. "So things are always a little like that, huh," he asks glibly. "That must be great for team morale," he says, rolling his eyes.
She chuckled, but it was humourless "Pretty much. Out of all of us, Star and I have the tendency to get hurt the worst. We've had worse verbal tussles, but that was the first time she's actually asked me to leave. Not that I blame her." she said tiredly.
"I don't really want to get involved, but it's pretty clear that Star doesn't trust your judgment, right?" Hell, she probably assumes you're wrong. So whenever you tell her that she's a hero, that she did the right thing, that there was no other way, young Star just might think the opposite," Errant points out.
"You're right about that in one way. Star has a tendency to think the worst of herself and it irritates the hell out of me. She could be so much more, if she had some confidence." she shook her head. "As for Star not trusting my judgement, right now, I can't blame her. I've screwed up majorly in the past few days, plus she has said right out she doesn't believe an Aegis agent should be involved as closely as I am with superheroes."
Hope raked her hand through her hair. "She sees the world in black and white and we both know that's not so simple." she smiled lopsidedly. "My own worldview has taken some hits too, so I kinda know where she's coming from and the reasons why she believes what she believes, even if I don't agree with her.
"My advice, be careful about killing anything on this team or at least if you have to, don't let Star see it." she smiled, but it was sad.
"But enough of that unpleasantness. You say that you're all too high profile, but that's why you superheroes have secret identities in the first place. Obviously you can't go flying around China in your costumes, but I doubt that you'd draw any attention at all dressed in civilians. Hell, I doubt your enemies would even recognize you," Errant snorts. An optimistic judgment, at best, but we could probably make things work even if they got identified. Somehow.
"If you're serious about attacking Barrington, it's going to require some detective work. He's not going to just leave his soft targets around for anyone to find."
"The problem is, especially with me, there just aren't that many weather controllers out there that can do what I do, the way I do it. I've been lucky no one has thought to put two and two together to get four, but I'm not sure how long that is going to last." she closed her eyes. "Plus, as an Aegis agent, I am high profile. You can bet the chinese are aware of who I am. A postcog like me.... would be a boon in certain circles." she looked at him knowingly. He was a spook. Having a postcog like her, who can give visions of the past to others in 3d, would be a tasty and valuable target to the unscrupluous.
She didn't want to be forced to give up the information other federal agents possessed and she could do that, simply by touching them and opening her mind to what they've done. What she did now, for Aegis and the trust with her postcognitive abilities was good and useful. What the chinese could do with her, what Barrington could do with her. Wasn't.
She chuckled. "And then there's Nitro. Right now with all the publicity we've been getting, there just isn't anyway we're gonna be able to disguise him."
