Lia looked momentarily startled, but she nodded, smiling a touch ruefully. "I suppose I assumed anyone not near panic would have to be an old hand at this. My apologies."

She frowned slightly, brow furrowing and head cocking as she considered the question. "Superpower?" she repeated, as though the concept, if not alien, was also not entirely familiar. "No, there are those with power far beyond mine. Though from a certain perspective..." Her eyes lit with realization. That might explain it, too; if the other girl had no inborn power of her own, she would at least not be fighting the internal discord that came with having it stripped or crippled.

"I've heard another venture the same theory. That they're collecting people with powerful abilities, for some reason they've yet to disclose."