"Aurora was staring at the screen, then turned to me with wide eyes. "Is this... you?"
Play dumb. My first thought was to say "Who's you?" but that'd be too obvious. Not that dumb, Rome.
"What makes you think that's me?" I kept my voice carefully neutral while watching the security footage continue to play. The camera angle wasn't great, but it clearly showed someone with white hair stretching an arm across the convenience store and opening what looked like a glowing portal.
Shit. Shit. Shit.
"White hair. Your build. And..." she pointed at the screen, "that's definitely your face when you turn toward the camera."
The footage switched to the store owner—Mrs. Saito—being interviewed outside her shop.
"I've never seen him before," she said firmly to the reporter. "Just a random good man who stopped my poor shop from being robbed. Being a Good Samaritan should not be punished. We know heroes can't be there all the time."
