One corner of Kennedy's mouth twitched. "Are you going to hurt me if I say you make a freakishly adorable raccoon-thing? Because... yeah, but wow, the killer tomatoes. There's a blast from our past."

She ran a hand through her (increasingly greasy, ugh) hair. "That one made me so mad the first time, like I got cheated out of a real chance to fight things, and now... I kind of wish more of the fights I end up in were like that."