[quote=@Dirge]
[@Nemaisare] Yeah, that could work, but for some reason I think it would be really interesting if he didn't know any of the people until they ended up fighting the same person. I'm trying to get him into something fairly soon, so it won't be too long before he meets up with someone. Since Fastman is already being taken care of(?) I'll try to send him out to the next evildoer and hopefully someone else will be there.
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If you don't mind the idea, you could stick in a short bit of Andrew's mum approaching Eric but don't have him follow through, because yeah, it would probably come across as awkward cuz that's not really a thing anyone ever gets practise with, heh... Then you don't have to use it, and can stick with meeting up through crime fighting at some point. And later on there can be an 'oh, that was your mum?' moment. Or, if the meeting up through fighting doesn't work out as well as you hope, then you've got a back up for how to get Eric in if ever you need it. :) Maybe?