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Val didn’t think. She dropped into the shafts, vibrating her body into a harmonic frequency that counteracted the villain’s sonic waves. She caught three people mid-fall. She smashed a concrete support with a resonant pulse to create a ramp. She got them out.

Astra Prime looked at her for a long moment. For the first time, Val saw something crack in that perfect facade—a flicker of exhaustion, maybe even envy. superheroine central

Tonight, she’d find out what happened when you broke the rules. Val didn’t think

The breaking point came on Saturday.

“When I started,” Astra said, so softly the others couldn’t hear, “I wasn’t a symbol. I was just a woman who could punch through walls. And I was happier.” maybe even envy. Tonight