Over the winter break, I did make a trip to New York—not as
Ms. Megaton Man, but as a plain, civilian tourist—with my sister Avie. We made
plans over Thanksgiving: Avie was eager to see all the hot Broadway shows and
museum exhibits and do shopping, while I drew up an itinerary that included
definitely meeting my father. Since I didn’t know how to do that, I just
planned to visit every megahero team I could think of, starting with Bing’s
Youthful Permutations.
When we realized it would cost us a fortune to stay in a
Manhattan hotel for a week, or even for lodgings reasonably close to the city,
Koz suggested we stay in the Y+Thems dormitory. It wouldn’t be elegant, but it would
be free.