( comic books and the historical mythos of the superhero also exists in his world — if such a basis hadn't already existed before the creation of hero society, certainly it might have found a different pattern to model itself after. but coming from a world where he understands the fictional concept of a "superpower" and knows well how it contrasts with how quirks have manifested throughout their world... maybe that's why it feels so hackneyed and embarrassing to describe it like that.

shinsou is unhurried; it seems to him like she's considering saying something or not, so he waits, and it's... interesting, and just as unclear as he had been a moments ago, what she means. ) That's... Hm. ( he ponders for a moment, trying to figure out a way to word how he's interpreting her description. ) Like... a secret underground, or...?

( before heroes had been integrated into society in laws and licenses and culture, they had existed in a similar way, operating as vigilantes in the shadows and out of the public eye. it's the only thing that he can think of from his own frame of reference that makes sense. )

What - seriously? ( he seems genuinely shocked at this, and the thought of being from the same exact prefecture but from different worlds is a crazy one, even if it is most likely home to millions on any version of earth out there. but the happenstance of sharing where he was from with someone not even from "his" world is pretty amazing. ) England, huh... You must have already adjusted to one culture shock, then. ( he smiles; a genuine one, and whenever it is genuine, it always looks a little shaky, as if fledgling. ) I only went to school in a different part of the city... This is my first time "traveling" like this.