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The question had made him laugh, but it had taken a while to get around to answering it.

In all seriousness, simply showing up in my gear has generally worked fairly well for me, as far as scaring people goes.

Wintergreen has mentioned one or twice that I frightened him, that first time I wore what would become my gear -- I hadn't intended to scare him -- but then, he didn't know it was me. The entire rest of the compound, on the other hand... I definitely meant it there. And it worked well enough that I didn't get shot, despite being one man against an entire compound, so I'd call it a success.

It's worked well since, too. For a long while, only with those who had reason to know of my work, but since I got entangled with that damnably frustrating pack of twenty-somethings that were still calling themselves the 'Teen Titans'... I've become much better known, and the simple sight of my gear on a street can nearly cause a panic on a civilian street.

Especially after the last couple of years. ~~Damn it to hell~~

My double has been mostly dealt with, as far as acts it committed in the eyes of the various communities -- but the civilian population doesn't care about such things, most of the time.

Or at least, not when it's someone like me.

Oh well. There are uses for a frightened population's reactions, I suppose.