And the man did say he was a shapeshifter. Right there, under question 5D on the application.
So why did Simon feel so completely taken aback? It was the cape, he told himself. A doppelganger in a nice button-down vest would have been more his speed. A cape over a business suit? So not on.
Yes, it was definitely the cape that brought on this sense of profound wtf.
He offered a polite smile. "Is a pyrokinetic shapeshifter much different from the standard garden-variety shapeshifter? Other than having the power of pyrokinesis." Are you wearing that shape on purpose or do you ordinarily look like a fashion-backward iteration of me? he purposely did not say. It took effort -- Simon was one for blurting out things at inopportune moments -- but he managed.
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And the man did say he was a shapeshifter. Right there, under question 5D on the application.
So why did Simon feel so completely taken aback? It was the cape, he told himself. A doppelganger in a nice button-down vest would have been more his speed. A cape over a business suit? So not on.
Yes, it was definitely the cape that brought on this sense of profound wtf.
He offered a polite smile. "Is a pyrokinetic shapeshifter much different from the standard garden-variety shapeshifter? Other than having the power of pyrokinesis." Are you wearing that shape on purpose or do you ordinarily look like a fashion-backward iteration of me? he purposely did not say. It took effort -- Simon was one for blurting out things at inopportune moments -- but he managed.