Yeah, I'm not sure what to think of 'mandatory heroism.' On the one hand, still heroic acts and all; on the other... I'm an Army brat enough to feel like it sounds more like boot camp for metas--mutants, whatever--than anything.

[She frowns up at him at the question.]

What? He's a teenager, I think. Or at least he certainly acts all young, wary--you know, the general picked-on-segregated-terrified-of-getting-killed-or-rejected kind of air.

[And then her frown turns a little more skeptical.]

You didn't answer my question, Smallville.