[ That pass — sharper, quicker — gets a good-natured, ] Hey-o! [ as Homelander moves to meet it, though he hesitates to return it. It isn't hard to tell that he's pleased at having sussed out her timeline, a smile and a shrug lining up with the, ] Comes with the territory, [ that he offers by way of an answer. It's a lie, really — Vought had done most of the official legwork — though not one he sees as such. ]

Hindsight's 20/20, anyway, [ is the more honest version of the story. ] It's easier to look back on 1998 from 2023 than vice versa. Haven't heard of your plane going missing, though, so I guess I'd take that with a grain of salt.

[ And with that, he kicks the ball back, aiming wide. ]

You got supes, where you're from?