Are there -- [and she smiles despite herself, finding the question faintly absurd] -- excuse me; I'm sure it's silly. There aren't professional villains where you come from, either?

[Perhaps the heroes solved crises and the villains created crises and they were all paid by the government to keep things entertaining for everyone.]

It just feels as if that's the appropriate counterbalance.

But it must be a very rewarding line of work. You must be close to my age though, right? You're already employed as a hero?