North may be injured and on painkillers, but he knows his team. Even Carolina, miss ten-steps-ahead, is predictable in her own way. And if it weren't for his encounter with not-Maine, that sense of incongruity probably wouldn't send the same ripple of unease down North's spine.

He leans back and manages a smile, though. Play it cool. If it is her, no reason to look like a basket case. And if she's not? He can handle a controlled detonation on that bridge when they get to it.

"Looks like I do need to put in some more work with the whole 'superpowers' thing, huh." And then, ever so casually-

"What did you get?"