Re: second city: eddie/steph
With everything else I did in Repose or even the Capital, it never felt like it was me. More often than not, I was just going through the motions with everyone. Being the Eddie they expected me to be after moving from Jersey. But here, there's a chance to live somewhere that understands me. [And, it helped that he was so far away from the Family. Sure, the arcade would still be running and he'd come down to visit, but the little town wasn't for him anymore. A small town Eddie was just never in the cards.]
A week? [He grinned. Eddie had a way of moving fast in the seedy underworld if he wanted to.]I luckily already had Capital connections, so all it took was touching an incredibly dangerous object to get my powers back. This enabled me to become part of this community quickly. They needed firepower and a leader. Without it, gangs could take this place in a second.
[He grinned at her:] How about, I was bitten by Karma and I survived?