The gesture doesn't go unnoticed. Kyle relaxes inwardly - he didn't even realise he was that much on edge. At least he wasn't thinking of Jack's weak points. That would have been far more worrying a thought.

(When had he become this paranoid? he wondered. After Parallax?)

'You can, if you know how to look.' It's not full of his usual conviction as it would be. Lately he's found his own optimism faltering. 'She's used to being around them - us, but some of the best people I know don't wear capes at all. They don't have to.' And some of the people who did weren't exactly those you wanted to spend time around. He was reminded of how much simpler Zatanna's world was, compared to his own.