I
So, in what is probably the bizarrest esper news we are going to get in 2036...

M
Rank Americacentrism, by the way.

[several seconds of comedically-laden silence]

I
Listen.

M
It is a lot.

I
I'm struggling to even conceive...

M
It is a lot.

I
Short of Flay turning out to be Athena's evil clone...

M
[through wheezing laughter] Two more North American espers, by the way...

I
Fuck off!  I'm tryna talk about Tampa!

M
Talk about Tampa, Ike.

I
So [swallows, both clear throat] this is a pop culture podcast.  We talk about video games, we talk about TV, we talk about shitty retro comics...

M
We're just two dipshits.

I
Nonono.  We are just two dipshits but this isn't a we're just two dipshits disclaimer.  I'm saying whenever we talk about esper shit... I don't like talking about esper shit because espers aren't superheroes.

M
Espers are not superheroes.

I
Superheroes aren't a real thing.  They're a trope.  They're a...

M
They're a kind of mythical creature.

I
Exactly, that is the thing...

M
That is our hot take.

I
When I talk about fantasy, I say, and we say, the rightful king, the enlightened... enlightened and justly-ruling monarch, is very literally a mythological creature, like a unicorn.  It doesn't exist in reality.  Someone in real life says they're a rightful king is like someone gluing a horse on their horn...

M
Exactly like that.

I
Did I fucking just say gluing a horse...

M
Are you drunk?

I
[immediate, deadpan] Yes.

M
Go home, Ike.

I
It's like gluing a horrrnnnn on your horrrssse...

M
It's like gluing a horse on your horn.

I
...and saying it's a unicorn.  It is a very stupid lie.

M
Mm-hmm.  And superheroes are the same way.