'Sou Meizhen'

You are good at following directions. "Sou Meizhen." You state.

"That's Chinese, right?" Your guide asks, taping something on one of the new Apple Tablets with a stylus.

"Yes, my Great-Great-Grandfather escaped China before the revolution, and moved to Omaha, he was a Doctor, both a practitioner of traditional and west-" Your guide cuts you off.

"Try not to say anything that isn't an answer to one of my questions right now, you can explain all about your background and so on later, but deviating from the script messes up the program and we have to reset." She explains quickly and taps the tablet again several times.

"First, just state your real name." She says again.

About 20 minutes later of stating basic facts about yourself, name, social security number, age (23 as of 3 months ago), marital status (Single, much to your mother and grandmother's frustration.), what you want as your 'super name', and a handful of other particulars, she taps the tablet a final time and says: "OK, the base program has run it's course, NOW would be the time to tell me anything about your ancestry, powers, interests, occupational experience, and so on so that we can fit you with a job suited to your talents." The woman says.

"First, there is something I need to ask you." You reply.

"Go ahead." She says inclining her head.

"What is YOUR name?" You query.

Your guide looks stunned and doesn't speak for a full minute while you patiently wait, but ultimately shakes her head sadly.

"I'm sorry, it's just no one has ever asked me that before, I am kind of new at this, however, it's against policy for me to tell you. If people knew I worked this job they might try to kidnap me to find out registered individual's secret identities, or **** me to give them access to other classified information. Therefore my real name is strictly 'Need to Know' and right now you, unfortunately, don't."

"I see." You reply narrowing your slitted cat's eyes at her. "Well, I assume they gave you an alias to use, which you probably were supposed to tell me instead of that you can't tell me your name..." You continue after a few seconds.

"Oh, Right! Jennifer, Jennifer Hofstadter, but you can call me 'Jen'." She says extending a hand.

You take it carefully and shake it once, making sure your blade like claws do not come out of their sheaths at the ends of your fingers, and then ask another question...

"Is there anywhere to sit down in here? I am still not used to these feet and standing still becomes uncomfortable after a minute or two."

"Oh, yes!" She picks up the tablet and stylus again and taps out a command, where upon a blank white oval shaped desk and two chairs rise up out of the floor, formed by controlled nano-tech from a matter reserve under the tile, to which they will no doubt return when no longer required.

"Please, Sit!" 'Jennifer' says gesturing to one of the chairs and taking her seat opposite. "Now, I want to know ALL about your family, friends, work, hobbies, interests, powers: basically everything about you which you are willing to share, and keep in mind that we will probably eventually find out anything you hold back, so it's best to be up front about anything embarrassing or damaging. If we don't know about it we cant help protect you from having it exposed in the media or by a 'Super-Villain'." 'Jen' explains.

You talk for hours, explaining all about your Great-Great-Grandfather who escaped China just before the revolution, and was a doctor both of 'Traditional Chinese' medicine and western 'Scientific' medicine, blending the two schools of thought to make his practice in Omaha more effective with the Chinese immigrant community there than either would have been alone. You explain about your older sister Da-Xia's birthday which is coming up in a few weeks and how you stopped into that weird shop to see if you could find a good present, but how when you went back to the street it was on last night it was a barber shop that was closed, and no sign of the 'Curios and Gifts' storefront anywhere.

When you talk about this shop 'Jen' gets very excited and questions you closely, trying to get you to remember every detail you possibly can, what the lettering on the window was like, what the goods for sale inside looked like, what the place SMELLED like even, but eventually she stops typing on the tablet and thanks you for your insight. You ask why the sudden interest but she responds "That's 'Need To Know' too, sorry." and she shifts the conversation to what you do for fun and how you pass the time when you are bored.

Eventually you kind of run out of things to say, feeling like you have just had an extended first session with an expert therapist, and ask 'Jen' what's next on the agenda.

"Physical testing." She responds, and you are placed into some of the machines in the room, which prove to do things like advanced MRI, and blood typing, and so forth.

After another hour you are done with the tests, and they have extensive data on your physical capabilities, how high you can jump from a standing start, how far you can jump with a running start, and so on and so forth. One thing that is a revelation to you is that your claws are energized, they can cut steel and glass even though they seem to be made of nothing more than keratin like those of a normal cat. You also discover that like those of a cat they must be sharpened by flaking off successive layers, for which 'Jen' suggests you invest in a large number of cheap nail files.

After that comes mental acuity testing, in which area you prove to not have changed much, bright but not truly exceptional, though you seem to have acquired an encyclopedic knowledge of anything relating to cats: from veterinary medicine for domestic breeds, to the mating habits of snow leopards, to the genetic abnormalities associated with inbreeding in zoo animals, and the complete breed and show standards of the cat fanciers associations for every country on earth that has one!

When the testing concludes 'Jen' says that she has compiled a list of jobs that would suit your temperament and abilities, and pulls it up on one of the walls, which double as large screens you have noticed, and asks you to pick one that they will start arranging for you to have work in immediately.