Saturday evening, Hospital cafeteria, El Paso [Jaime's world]

[heromaniac]

Momoko was sitting in the hospital cafeteria, waiting for Mrs Reyes to get a break. She'd left a note at the Nurses station, but hadn't gone into detail - just mentioned that she needed to talk to her about something important

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[elpasoposse]

The first words out of Bianca Reyes' mouth were worried.

"Oh, querida, you got the cake?"

[heromaniac]

"It looked so tasty! The pie was totally the wrong colour." Momoko smiled and waved. "I'm sorry to bother you at work; you won't get in trouble, will you?"

[elpasoposse]

"Ah, but it's always so dry," Bianca pointed out with a smile and a shake of her head.

"And, no, querida, I won't get in trouble. I can take a break." She sat down, eyes serious and concerned. "And what's so important that you show up without calling first?"

[heromaniac]

"Well," Momoko made a face and poked at the cake with her fork. "You know how I've said before that in my world I'm a hero?" She kept her voice low both out of secrecy and out of nervousness. "And a police officer? Well, uhm. I found out that I can't actually be both, so I kind of had to choose. And uhm. I quit being a police officer."

She glanced up at Mrs Reyes. "I wasn't happy, you know? I was helping people, but not in the way I needed to."