Maybe there are even some other circumstances where he might have caught himself on his own side of the misunderstanding. Ice powers don't necessarily mean a spirit or some kind. But there's nothing he can remember that suggests anything mortal has ever had the power to freeze anything by hand.

He snorts. "Oh yeah, we've only been forced onto a team by fascists who put bombs in our necks if we don't do their bidding in a world we're supposed to keep from dying, but you don't have anything to prove to me."

He's only an ancient, established hero, not that that's a big deal or anything.

"Glad you're confident."