Calamity doesn’t need real powers. She’s perched at the very upper bound of human ability. Right now, so am I. My body is still the way it became in the moments after Dreadnought gave me the mantle. Still as fit and strong and flexible as the entire US Olympic team put together. As bendy as a gymnast, as enduring as a runner, as strong as a heavyweight lifter. There are not enough hours in the day to train a normal body up to the level she and I are at. The difference is, she’s a badass on top of it. But me? I can only lean into my powers. Take those away, and basic rent-a-goons can smoke me
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