"Er..." His smile faltered, then faded out. He had been hoping a little that this would just keep on being an upbeat friends-catching-up meeting for a little longer, but it looked like he'd been more obvious than he thought. "... I don't know. Something sort of... happened this morning. That's why I messaged you."

Bruno squatted down to pick up a small rock from off the path and rolled it around in his palm moodily as he went on. "You know the whole 'superpowers' thing?"