[quote=@Ermine]
[@Joshie]I mean...other than one of our peeps almost dying and another furthering a generational curse? I can only think of two people who really lost anything. I don't even know. I suppose we'll have to deal with the backlash from the people we [i]didn't[/i] save. Like a few other young supers, who actually [i]were[/i] our friends. That we knew, and had worked with before.

"I mean, I'm not one to talk about the negative stuff so casually. Sure, we saved so many people, and...that was my [i]aunt[/i] we killed. Had to kill. Whatever. We killed her. And we lost friends in the battle. I'll be sure to add them to my memory archives the next time I can go to my sanctuary. Fourteen in all. We're not big damn heroes. We're the little guys. We didn't deserve to be there. We didn't earn our praise. We were sloppy. We were...and we had connections.

"'You can't save everyone.' That's what people say, like it means anything. Of course we can't. But we lost the heroes and survived out of dumb luck. There was no victory. We were just the last people standing after the real heroes did the hard work. Fourteen heroes, civvies still missing, probably vaporized. No. You can save the people who also save people. Then you're a hero.

So yeah, we paid a high cost. But not nearly as high as fifteen heroes - because my aunt-by-marriage is still a hero, even though we had to kill her - and countless civilians. Don't [i]ask[/i] me about what we lost. Don't call us [i]heroes[/i]. We all probably still have the dreams. I know I still watch my back, and jump when I hear unexpected noises."
[/quote]

You know those moments when you thought you did something, but didn't and now you realize you didn't after you finally turned off your job brain and shifted into casual mode? -_-

I had a question I thought I asked and now looking through the thread again, realized I never did.

So question (to everyone here):

Was Dragoon's death covered up? Being dragged along the street, with your head crushed is a grusome way to go, and everyone was so focused on getting Alex medical attention, so who was behind the cover up? Does the city 'know' that Dragoon is dead? Do they know HOW she died?