Parker hadn't talked to Rikki in a while, but still thought she had the best superpower ever. Pie made everything better.

"Cause I didn't tell him," she answered. That, and she'd stolen a lot of it out of many an abandoned grocery store after the fact. "Well, he's already a lawyer, that's scary enough. Maybe he secretly moonlights as a dentist? An evil dentist. The type that don't use novocaine."

This guy seemed okay, and she was starting to relax a bit, although she was sure she'd seen him before. Where... "Oh! Hey! I know you! You tried to hide in the bathroom." Where she was already cowering when Lassi came in and pulled his gun on the housewarming party.