[She looks kinda cute when she's smiling like that, but Tom knows better than to say that. Even if he'd mean it innocently.] After sparring with Pops? "Interesting" became a lot larger in scope.

I told you 'bout the metas, right? About Cyclone and how we had to spar together? [Maxine was Tom's closest JSA partner back home; he's definitely spoken of her before, since he saw Maxine in the giggly bubbly Cadets over here. But she also was Tom's (former?) favorite sparring partner.]