Nia Nal was currently sitting at her desk at Catco Worldwide Media, struggling to stay awake, since she'd been having trouble sleeping ever since the Atlantis War ended. She wasn't sure if it was just because of the war in general or something else entirely. Something that she'd always known could be in her, but until now had never confirmed it. Something that she knew would piss off her older sister Maeve when she found out. Because Nia couldn't stop thinking about what she'd done during the war. Nia sighed as the memory came back rushing back to her.

She and her mentor and coworker at Catco, William Dey, had been running from one of the Atlantean soldiers during their attack on Metropolis, since Cat had sent them there to cover the action, despite the fact that Metropolis was Perry White's territory, only for them to be cornered in an alley by a small squad of Atlantean troops. William had fallen to the ground due to injuries on his left leg and he'd told Nia to run, but she'd refused to abandon her friend.

Then she didn't even know what happened, but right as the atlanteans fired, she rushed out in front of William and some created a swirling blue shield of energy that protected them from the blasts before firing her own blue energy blasts at the Atlanteans, sending them flying back and giving her and William time to get to safety.

From that moment, Nia knew what had happened, though she was still trying to come to terms with it. Though since William had seen what she'd done, she could tell he was curious, but he'd been kind enough to wait until after the war to question her about it and since he was probably the only friend she'd made since she'd moved to National City, Nia trusted him enough to tell him the truth.

About how her mother was an alien from the planet Naltor and how the women of her family on her mom's side had been gifted with the power to dream the future and apparently do other things that Nia had never thought possible. Just like how she thought it was impossible for her to receive the powers, due to the fact that she was a trans gender woman, since she thought that the gift could only be passed on to natural born women.

But apparently she'd been chosen to be the next Dreamer. She just wasn't sure what to do about it, since while William believed that she should follow Supergirl's example and use her powers to help people, Nia wasn't sure that was what she wanted to do with her life. She wasn't sure she was ready to risk her life when she wasn't even sure how her powers worked, since her older sister Maeve had always gone on about how she expected to be the one to be the dreamer, so she was the one with training for it. And Nia had to admit the fact that her mother hadn't even bothered to entertain the idea that Nia could be the one to inherit the powers had hurt and it was one of the reasons she'd left Parthas. And it was why going back to Parthas to ask her mother for advice wasn't exactly something she was rushing to do.

Especially since she was still trying to process everything. Something that wasn't made any easier by her lack of sleep. But she was pulled from her thoughts when she smelled coffee and saw William holding out a cup of her favorite coffee from NC Jitters, despite the fact that he was crutches due to his broken leg.

"William, you didn't have to do this." Nia said, though she still took the coffee.

"You saved my life Nia. The least I can do is get you coffee. Especially since you look like you need caffeine." William said as he sat down on the chair opposite Nia's desk.

"Thank you. I'm surprised I haven't developed an immunity to caffeine at this point." Nia said.

"When was the last time you got a decent night's sleep?" William asked.

"Probably before Atlantis attacked." Nia admitted, too tired to lie.

"You can't keep going on like this. Your work is starting to suffer and it's not healthy for you not to sleep. You have to face this." William said.

"I know. I thought I could bareknuckle my way through this, but my dreams are only getting worse. I guess I need to ask Ms. Grant for some vacation time to finally talk to my mother." Nia said and William nodded.

"And you'd better do it soon since you're gonna want to be fresh for our upcoming interview with Kara Danvers." William said.

"Yeah, not missing that. Kara Danvers is a legend and an inspiration to women everywhere. The way she overcame everything she lost and built an empire from nothing. The only woman more impressive than her is Ms. Grant." Nia said, right as their boss approached them.

"You're right about that Mia." Cat said and Nia rolled her eyes at Cat getting her name wrong again.

"Ms. Grant, what can we do for you?" Nia asked.

"I'm simply here to ask you why you're looking dead at your desk when you haven't produced any work worthy of that response in weeks. I want you out of here until you can produce the kind of work that's expected from Catco." Cat said.

"I was going to request some vacation time anyways." Nia said.

"Good. Now go and rest. I won't have unions blaming me for mistreating my employees." Cat said as she walked away.

"Guess that settles that. Want me to go with you?" William asked.

"No. This is something I need to do alone. Especially since it's something that I've been putting off for too long." Nia said, though she did appreciate the offer.

"You'd better go then." William said and Nia nodded as she got up from her desk to head out.