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[andaway]

Superman here.

[The voice Kal uses is definitely Superman's. Now that he's got (most of, he notices these things) powers back he doesn't really feel like hiding.]

And I'd like to say this kind of situation is why I suggested training for those metahumans who wanted it. Not to train an army, just to help out. It'd both avoid situations like the one in the clinic and to ensure everyone who didn't have any metahuman ability would be less ready to jump on a kid who was pulling a prank.

Just because some of us have abilities that could be dangerous doesn't mean we are going to use them. Please let's not turn this into a witch-hunt, I've seen enough of those and they never end well for either party involved.

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[alpha_squad_leader]

I don't think that's the case. Because the punishment wouldn't be for having or using powers. It would be for using those powers to do something wrong. How they're used, not having them period.

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[andaway]

The difference is harder to make than what it seems, specially unconsciously.

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[alpha_squad_leader]

No one ever said it'd be easy but it's better in the long run than letting someone getting away with doing wrong and showing we don't care if people abuse their powers.

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[andaway]

What will you suggest we do when someone truly, intentionally abuses their powers? When someone uses it for their own benefit and harms others in worse ways than a little body-shift for an hour?

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[alpha_squad_leader]

First of all, the body-shift definitely counts as power abuse. And second, what you described sounded pretty much like supervillainy. If they don't respond to reason and trying to get them to stop peacefully, that's usually when the punching starts.