The ‘face’ of her armored suit opened up and began discharging a blue-white flame into his face.  The ‘flames’ didn’t move like flames should, spilling off him and down into the water, where they pooled on the road and continued to burn – after a fashion – beneath the water.

Sounds like a sort of… liquid flame. Not a burning liquid, but flame in liquid form. I know that doesn’t make much sense.

Leviathan, for his part, began tearing into Dragon, clawing away layers of armor with each swipe of his claws, almost uncaring as to the liquid fire that was spilling over him..

Oh hey, I guess I was right to call it that.

Between the smoke from the missiles and the steam that arose where the liquid fire touched water, Tattletale was having trouble seeing the battle.

Uh oh. Censor steam, so we don’t have to actually see the deaths of one or more of these heroes?

Tattletale pressed the two buttons on her armband, “Give me a flier to get me to a better vantage point.  Moderate priority.”

Nice. It seems like being able to actually see something makes it easier for her to Know about it, so it’s vital for her to be able to see the action if she’s gonna help.

It took only ten seconds before one of the Silicon Valley capes arrived.  The man with the jetpack gripped her wrists and carried her up a dizzying height to the roof of the nearest building, five stories tall.

Tinker, probably. In fact, if Silicon Valley is a team rather than a descriptor for where this man comes from geographically (isn’t Silicon Valley in California or Arizona? bit of a trek, though I suppose taxiporters would help), then I’d venture to guess that the entire team is made of Tinkers.

She moved to the edge, being careful to stay out of the way of the other capes that were already set up, raining bullets, flames, lasers and other projectiles down on Leviathan at every opportunity.  The Endbringer was still battling Dragon, had dug deep enough through metal and armor to reach the center of her suit.

That is bad. That is very bad.

how many licks does it take to…

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