"Superpowers?" He blinked, and then frowned, shaking his head.
"Not sure, but... I don't know. I think there ought to have been something on the news if we had had someone... Flying or something... I think."
"A friend of mine's totally obsessed with aliens anyway though." A soft, affectionate smile came to the boy. "There's no point telling him they're not real..."
"Does that mean he's right, though? Aliens are real?"