Kate stiffens when she sees the blue light start to glow. Even if all of this is completely foreign to her, she's still following what Koizumi's saying. She's read enough comic books and seen enough sci-fi shows to have some context, even if she's still getting used to the fact that it's real on New Moore and not fiction.

"So that's where the bruises come from?" she says, gesturing to his face. "You coming in here and fighting these things?"