"Charging a bullet with even a little bit of qi unlocks more of its latent potential energy," Cassie says. "Excites the explosives inside, too. It can add a lot of kick to it. It's what I did before Piccolo helped me learn to throw my own blasts."

She smiles, even more pride flooding into her expression than usual.

"I also made some use of it in one of our last missions. Put some extra charge into an artillery piece and took out a whole brigade in one shot."

The smirk stays on her face after that. She may be almost as glad about getting the chance to do that as she is about meeting Trunks.

"As for traveling from our side, we've got some experience in sending messages and opening portals between realms. They're dimensions within our own universe rather than separate universes in the void, but I think it'll be a good jumping off point."