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Skye heads on ahead of her. "She just—that—"
    Trent grabs her hand and hauls her along, saying, "Time for class, Em."
     
    ***
     
    *Kansas City Zoo*
     
    Hard Knocks, AKA Julian Kuro, pulls his sons to the side as yet another group of kids come to see the massive polar bear. "Don't block the way, boys," he says quietly.
    "He's huge," Mitchell, his youngest, says. "His paws are as big as my head."
    "He is," Julian says with a little grin. "But we need to get going soon—your mom will only tolerate us vacationing for so long, you know."
    "It's educational vacationing," Jules says. He's only a year older than his brother, and barely a few inches taller. They're often mistaken for twins, since they look so much alike. "She said we had to write a report when we get back." Both boys make a face and Julian laughs.
    "She IS a news reporter," he says. "She's big on bringing back reports. Now let's move on to the penguins!"
    "Okay!" the boys say, starting off at a run. Julian starts after them, only to stop as the colors of the world start to skew. He looks around, his fists automatically coming up in a defensive manner.
    "Now, now," a woman says from behind him, "is that any way to greet Mother?"
    He turns, his hackles rising, his fist punching out. It's grabbed, stopped before it can even gain momentum. The woman standing in front of him reaches up, grabbing his jaw. "Who are—" he starts out. He stops, though, as he drowns in the most beautiful kaleidoscope eyes he's ever seen.
    "Good boy," she says, the hand holding his chin letting go and patting him on the cheek. "Mother has a job for you."
    He feels his head nodding all on its own.
     
    ***
     
    The whispering behind me is a bit disconcerting. I mean—for one, isn't the school principal usually too busy to be in the classroom? But he's not the only one—the entire staff seems to be lounging in the air or on the ground behind our desks. And the ones whispering are Trent—who I'm positive is Kid Liberty, and Nico, himself.
    "Are you sure this is smart?" Trent whispers without a sound. I only hear him because the wind picks up the vibrations his breath lets out. (It's an air manipulator thing.) He's standing next to the floating principal, a worried look on his face. "Not that we have anything against Skye, but from all I've heard, she's not mentally stable, and she's way more powerful than the class is. How do we know she won't go off and attack someone if they say the wrong thing?"
    "She's a little strange, sure, but it's perfectly safe," Nico says. "Your girlfriend trusts her."
    "Is she really a genius?" Trent asks.
    "The further away from a hundred IQ you are, the more difficulty you have dealing with society," Nico says. "It doesn't matter if you're above or below. You see it a lot in supers, especially the high class ones like her," he explains silently. I dare to glance around, noting that only Adanna seems to have her head tilted slightly the way I do. She's listening in, too. "She's one of ours, now—it seems to help with that problem."
    "Okay!" Skye says from the front of the room as she hops onto the desk. "I'm going to teach something super, super cool!"
    "YEAH!" Emily shouts, cheering her on with arms in the air.
    "How you phase through a table!" Skye says. Emily drops her arms.
    "I am afraid it will not work for them, kitten!" Tatiana calls from the back. "It is a very special talent that is yours alone."
    "Oh—but—they can at least try, right?" Skye says. "See, it's just a matter of vibration—all atoms vibrate at a distinct speed, right? So you just need to figure out the vibration speed! Also, you need to take into account there might be more than one thing—especially underground." Abruptly, though, she stops, frowning. "But last time I tried to teach that, it got me kicked out of school," she says after a second. "Then the men in white coats came and tried to dissect my brain—you won't dissect my brain, will you?" she asks Nico.
    "Nope, you're