Superheroing is kind of like the French Foreign Legion. The posters say you'll travel the world, meet new people, and have exciting adventures, but in practice you spend a lot of time sitting in dirt, covered in bruises, and picking alien gore out of your hair.

[She laughs too, a little self-deprecating.]

Yeah, mon! If you have a fighting style, it only makes sense to pass it on to your kids. You never know when they might need it. ...And it's a good way to bond, 'cause most kids think it's cooler than board games.