Connor: Dang, I wish I could make this chest cavity wound go away, but this light really made my body all weird… maybe I should go for plastic surgery…
Mary: Connor?
Connor: Whoa, Mary?! Sorry, I was just uh… checking on this wound I got here, y'see it? (Shows chest cavity wound)
Mary: Is that...from when Brainiac attacked?
Connor: That metal tentacle of his punched a hole right through me, got my heart too. I thought i was dead, if it weren't for the light. So this wound here is all weird, veins showing, and you can see a faint grey light where my heart is. So, yeah… you could say that light is what's keeping my heart goin. If it wasn't for the Enhanced phenomenon...I wouldn't be here.
Mary: I feel where you are. During a fight a long time ago...I lost the use of my legs. But...the Enhanced Phenomenon...it helped me to walk again. I can go and see places that I've never been.
Connor: You and me both, Mary. I see that you care for Hope a lot. What is that relationship are you his uh...girlfriend?
Mary: What? Hahaha. Don't get me wrong, Hope is a good person but he's not really my type. Though...while I am getting along with him...there was a point in my life where I...hated him.
Connor: Seriously?
Mary: When I was in the hospital, he never even showed up to visit me once. Never even bothered to send a letter or flowers. But...when Ricardo visited, he would always tell me that Hope couldn't visit cause he was trying to save the worlds and then give me these very elaborate gifts. I knew he was lying about Hope, but seeing him trying to keep me from hating him...it was sweet.
Connor: You shouldn't hate Hope for what he did back then. He was just getting over the stuff in the past his own way. Deep down, i think he still cared for you, he just wanted to hide from his past. Luckily, i can say he's over it, and you and him can spend all the time you want together.
Mary: That's the same as running away from your problems. Hope is sweet but...he wasn't there for me at all. And he tried to make Ricardo seem like the bad guy. Where was he when I was alone, huh? Going off without a care.
Connor: Look...I don't know him or speak for his character. But I know he cares for you. Just has a hard time showing it.
Mary: Fine. I'll give him that much. But...those days are over. Now I just work to keep the worlds safe on my own merit.
Connor: There we go. Now if only I could fill the hole in my chest or heart or...whatever this is.