"I like her pants."
"So do I," the Captain admitted.
"You really shouldn't have insulted her," Techie pointed out. She probably would have done the same if Captain hadn't lost her temper first, but she still felt the need to say so. The Captain shrugged.
"I can't stand hypocrites. She's supposed to be doing the wrong things for the right reasons. She's supposed to be the antihero who…" She shrugged again. "I thought she was cool. She could be a villain without being a bad person. She was the epitome of feminine power. You know she was the first woman who ever made me question my sexuality? I guess it was stupid of me to build her up so big in my mind."
"Completely understandable," Techie admitted. After all, the Captain wasn't the only one who had idolized the cat. She took a firm hold on the ledge, braced herself against the inevitable vertigo, and looked down. "Hey, Captain?"
"Hey, what?"
"She has a puppy."
"Dude. Seriously?" She leaned out, barely hanging on to anything. Techie felt a stab of envy. Throw the Captain off a building, and she would panic just fine, probably more than the average person—she couldn't even watch the end of The Princess Bride without flinching—but let her just look down on a dizzying, hold-up-a-"help"-sign-and-plunge-to-your-doom-in-a-puff-of-dust heights, and she was disgustingly unconcerned, ever the child, defiant in the face of her own mortality. No overwhelming waves of dizziness for her, oh no.
"What's she doing?" Techie asked. Perching on a ledge on the next building over, with a perfect view of all the goings-on below, was all well and good for someone who could actually look down without risking loss of consciousness...
"She put the puppy in the back of her truck with the other animals." She hesitated. "There's more than cats in there, Ops."
"The plot thickens."
They both had the same thing on their minds, Techie knew. Well, there was nothing new about that. They usually did.
The Captain was the first to say it out loud.
"We have to follow her."
Techie had to smile.
"Of course."