"Me too, sometimes. But maybe it's better. If we were together, maybe we both would have gotten world-destroying powers at the same time and then screwed everything up," Tommy said wryly.

He looked over to see what Teddy was eating and snorted at the nugget. Not exactly dignified food. "Can you get them some kind of gloves they can't get off, until we get their powers sorted out?" he said. "So they can touch?"