She smiled again, though it was wry. Her hometown sucked hardcore, but the rest of the world wasn’t so bad.

“Superman keeps Metropolis safe. Batman and his crew take care of Gotham.” It took effort, but she was able to keep the grief she felt talking about the Bats out of her voice as she went on. “The Justice League has Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, the Flash... It’s kind of all the big names, really. And they could all stay in Gotham for two weeks stopping every crime they came across and I bet you the moment they left we’d be right back where we started. Gotham’s a special kind of messed up.”