It won't, but in any case Protectorate emails are tinker-safe from spying, and I'm unlikely to be a target of scrutiny. But yeah you're right, deleting.

She deletes emails and starts a new thread to the conversation. I've been practicing with my ocean subtype. It's almost nothing compared to my mountain powers but I think I might be able to track Leviathan with it. Maybe. My main strategy will be erecting walls and barriers and providing well-defended mobile firing platforms.

Problem with lizard butt is that underwater he's the fastest speedster we have on record.

Walls and so on then. Last time I had some success slowing it down by making hills around its feet.

My working hypothesis is that the Endbringers are actually jobbing the fights, so I wouldn't rely on that.

Ugh, fucking Endbringers. We fight our best anyway, yeah? That's just what we have to do.

Yeah, it's just. You know. If they ever start losing, either be on the lookout for some cunning comeback—Leviathan is particularly fond of those—or, I dunno, maybe they have special weird limits or something. No idea, really.

No offense, but this world sucks in very different ways than mine.

I hear you. Not gonna get defensive about it, this world's pretty awful.

I'm going to catch up on your webshow. And episodes I should see in particular?

Oooh, there's one where I fight this Toybox tinker and decided to just copy everything she did and then tack something new on, she got so frustrated, it was hilarious.

Oh, Rewind, she actually joined the Wards last month. She's really nice and sweet, and she told me about that jewelry store robbery. She was really annoyed at you, poor thing.

Well, I was stopping a robbery. Do convey my apologies for messing with her a little more than was absolutely necessary for that, please.

I will. I think I noticed a sort of begrudging respect, though. I'm pretty sure she'd have done the same in your shoes.

All's well that ends well, I suppose. Good luck protectorate-ing. I should get back to work. Today's job is an artificial beach!

Thanks! And ooh, that sounds like fun!

Naples! It's Leviathan, naturally.

Now that she has a steady stream of money rolling in and a reasonably built-up base, she wants to start doing a little more heroing. It's slightly weird not to be considered a force of nature, so she wants the publicity. Laura is to either find her things to hero at in roughly equal proportion to more jobs, or hire someone to do same. Preferring things like dealing with storms and floods and earthquakes and bridge collapses than shutting down villains, though both could definitely feature.