Familiarity with rift powers aside, she still can't quash the little jolt of surprise she feels. It's not the act itself that shocks her, because such things were once possible in her universe, too... it just smacks of more crackle than the world has to offer.

So of course it's difficult to maintain for any great length of time. She exchanges a glance with the Quarkbeast, and then they both duck through the tear and into the alleyway. It's a bizarre change of scenery, but a welcome one.

"So that's what you can do?" she asks, turning back to Seth. "Take someone else's powers?" That definitely explains why the rebels wanted him locked away.