"Nuh-uh," Topher said firmly. "I mean, yes to your costume, because the pants are amazing, but no to the other thing." He waved a hand vaguely. "The being-less-cool thing. I like your idea better, the not-playing-with-tentacle-monsters thing." As reinforcement of this fun fact, Billy got a very firm and decisive kiss. "So yeah."

Beat.

"Also, you, like, save people and stuff. So it's not like you having powers is a bad thing. In case you thought it was."