She was all set to say something like 'Hey Jude,' but then she figured he'd probably heard that a million times already. If the Beatles existed in his world. And if they didn't, it wouldn't make sense. So, really, it was a lose-lose joke.

She bit it back.

Politely declining his hand, she stepped up onto the log. Maybe she didn't have her superpowers any more, but she figured she could handle that much.

"I'm Sam," she said. It was the first time her voice was...well. Genuine. There was nothing to be snarky about, really. It was actually kind of nice to get a simple answer to a simple question. Nothing else was ever simple.