"It happens. Believe me, it happens. Aliens--probably not the ones that grabbed us, different aliens--blew up my house. With my family in it. Because even with all my grand, well thought out plans and strategies to take them down, I was too dumb to think 'well, duh, maybe the aliens know where I live,'" Jaime said. "Only reason they made it was because my superpowered girlfriend had stopped by and she shielded them with her magic. Screwing up and putting somebody you care about in danger is kinda one of the standard job hazards."

He went on. "Wow, Batman of the future. That makes me want to ask so many questions...that'd probably completely screw with the timestream, so I'm not gonna ask 'em."