Of course, Lily heard the reproach in Hannah's words. To say she was smart enough to know something that they both knew she didn't know was only a roundabout way to call her stupid. It was not exactly a mild insult to throw at Lily Woods. She had always prided herself on her mind.

But she didn't give a heated retort. Partially because she had already discovered that Hannah was trying to provoke her and she wasn't going to let her win, partially because although the hallway was empty but for the three of them this was still a police station and it was just good sense to be careful with your secret identity while you were in a police station. But mostly...

Well, mostly because she couldn't really get any words out past the knot in her throat, right then.

Because Hannah and Andrew were also putting themselves in harm's way against the League of the Future. And they didn't have Lily's powers to protect them. Neither of them had so much as considered stopping. And Lily had, during their last shouting match, considered playing that card. Considered saying she'd stop if they stopped. And she hadn't, because...

Because if she had, they might have agreed. And then the city would have been in that much more danger, the forces arrayed against the League that much weaker. And...well, she had looked up to her big brother and sister her whole life, but she thought she wasn't totally biased when she believed they themselves were probably a cut above your average cop. And the average cops had their duties too. It didn't work, to say that only the most powerful defender of the city could fight, for it was their job to defend everyone else. Partially because this would restrict the power they could bring to bear too greatly. ...Partially because Lily actually considered it fair odds that that decision tree would end with all the responsibility getting dumped onto Nope and oh man the poor guy would have such a freakout if that happened!

But that didn't make Lily any less scared for or protective of her big brother and sister. It just meant she had to focus her protective efforts into superheroing at the bad guys so hard they didn't have any opportunity to hurt them.

None of which she could say at the moment, so she just gave her sister a short nod and started moving to pass her and head into the lab.