Hayley leaned on a nearby counter, watching him work. The familiar movements of a friend, the unfamiliar body of a stranger. She had witnessed profound transformations of some actors back home, those before and after pictures where people credited 'puberty' as being responsible for transforming an awkward kid into a sexy young man or woman. Usually woman. It was kind of like that with Kon, only without seeing any of the middle and without him being that gangly or awkward before.

She smiled at his reply and his immediate forgiveness of her actions. That was the familiarity that she missed more than anything, someone who understood her at levels she sometimes wasn't even sure she understood herself. Not in some deeply philosophical way. Just in that it had become intuitive at some level.

"Yeah. It felt like forever." She straightened and accepted the mug from him, holding it between her hands to warm them. "And trust me? You guys were the only ones who thought I was super hero material. It sucked without you."