Not usually. A lotta times they just, like, totally disavow their kids.

[ the government kinda sucks.

but josh is... exceedingly cautious. it comes from a real place. seeing a kid running around, wanting to be a hero - visibly non-human - strums a chord he doesn't like hearing echo. ]

But even if they're not here, it's a good idea to keep a civilian identity and a hero identity. At least until we get a good read on how much being, like, superpowered could fuck up your life here, y'know?