[A so-so movement with his hand.] The later, in a way. If you're registered you're allowed to act as- well.

[She's young, so young. Chances are metahumans aren't a thing in her world yet. At least not a public knowledge kind of thing, anyway. Still, there's no other word for it:]

You can act as a superhero. Otherwise you're seen as a vigilante and against the law. And they responded by giving people a strike. They knew they couldn't do more, not without literally telling us the lives we saved were worthless.