Exactly. [Kitty gave a weak shrug.] For me, it's 2001, and I live in New York... a couple hours north of New York City. I go to boarding school there. My parents live in the midwest, which is where I grew up. We're middle class. Not wealthy, but comfortable. We're Jewish, though not super strict about it. Like, we observe the major holidays and stuff, but like, I don't hafta shave my head and wear a wig when I get married. I took dance lessons as a kid.
And, well... some people in my version of Earth have weird special powers. [That was the clincher, really. The one thing that made her a little nervous about this part of the discussion.]