The Author Experiences Stupidity (Superhero Black Hole, part 76)

Now, Dear Reader, you may have noticed this fact earlier on in our story. However, when I actually met her in the flesh for the first time, one of the critical facts she told me about herself slipped right by me. I don't know why I missed out this fact - and it _is_ clear now (Zoe makes sure of that, believe me) - but I did. So please, don't judge me for not having noticed it before.

Continuing on:

"_You_ can _travel_ through _space_, too?"

She gave me one of her looks that we're all so accustomed to by now.

"You mean through geographical space, not, like, _Outer_ Space?"

"Uh-huh!"

"Well...yeah. I did tell you I could."

"When?!"

"At the coffee shop, thirteen years ago. It was practically the first thing I told you."

"OK, run it by me again."

She sighed exasperatedly. "I said: I was running away from the dust on 9/11, I thought of a beach I once was at, and then I was there in 1999, _on that beach_, and not in New York." She paused to rap her knuckles on my forehead. "_Remember_ now?"