[ Most of what Krouse knows about comic books came through Jess. She had a thing about the old ones, from before the eighties. ]

Mine's like that.

[ An easy, conversational admission. ]

Bet and Aleph. [ The order matters. It's a little tell, but it's a tell. ] Not that it makes a lot of difference to most people.

Do they have superhero comics back where you're from?