"Definitely resigned. I'd been outed - no more secret identity. I-" Her mouth twists, wry. "So, it's a very long story, but two evil clones of me told the heroes who I am, and- some things I'd done..." She grimaces at herself for weaseling out of telling him, but goes on.

"I could have kept going as Skitter, but I would have had to do something about my father, and Dinah had told me I couldn't remain with my old team anyway, which I knew, and I knew I needed a longer reach than just Brockton Bay, so I rolled the dice. Turned myself in, to make the PRT take me and what I had to say seriously.

"They assumed it was some kind of power play or trick, which I understand, so they were really suspicious."