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Manny's downtrodden feelings were erased when he heard Bob's reassuring words and half intended joke about dipping out of the public eye for a while if he were in Talia's shoes. But it seemed that Talia had resolved to stop running from her problems and wanted to be her own woman, no longer moving to the string pulls of her over-manipulative parents like a marionette. It seemed that everyone was growing both as heroes as people the more time they spent time with one another. Perhaps it truly was an act of divine intervention that brought them together.

"Direct confrontations are not my forte but it seems that facing this head on is the most optimal solution...regardless how difficult it would be." He could relate with Talia to an extent, when he told his parents his decision to become an amateur hero rather than take the apprenticeship in Solis Ortus LLC they went ballistic and almost forced him to abandon his dream then and there. To this day, they still weren't on speaking terms and the only contact he has with his family now would be the occasional emails his kid sister sends him. He really hoped that he could help Talia get through to her parents and she wouldn't end up like him who has estranged relationship with his folks or Bob who he assumed to be was in hiding from his parents and anyone who knew him from his old life. "But we got your back regardless. We've faced danger and death already, how bad can your parents can be?" Manny ended with a chuckle, despite his temptation of Fate.