[Velocity slowly reached out to pick up the newly bent wrench, holding it carefully in hands that were only steady through long practice. It still didn't confirm that everything that was happening truly was, but at least it confirmed that this exact moment was real, for what that was worth.]

Thank you. I hadn't really... Thought of this as a way to ground myself. It's clever.

[Turning the wrench over in her hands]

Can I keep this?