I know. And injuries still hurt. But I don't think this is going to be permanent like my back. [Wait. Did she remember the burn mark between his shoulder blades? He may have just caused her to worry more.]

Yeah, the phones weren't working inside the fog. I even climbed some trees and still no signal. And after I got beat up, that was kind of the last thing on my mind.

[He raises an eyebrow when she brings up the other him. He couldn't tell from her tone how she felt about it, so he decided to approach it as neutrally as possible.]

I've met him, too. He's from the same universe as a lot of the other heroes around here. Hope it didn't weird you out that he's still a teenager.