WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Justice League #54 by Joshua Williamson, Xermanico, Romulo Fajardo Jr., and Tom Napolitano, on sale now.

When their Boom Tube lands then in the middle of the Wasteland instead of in front of the Hall of Justice as planned, Cyborg and Starfire are immediately set upon by a trio of mutated versions of Batman's old foes. While they try to figure out where they are, on top of not being eaten, they receive help from the sudden arrival of Lex Luthor, Dick Grayson, Hawkgirl, and Detective Chimp. This group of heroes have shared many adventures and seen unthinkable worlds together, but Kory and Victor share a bond that the rest can only imagine.

Once everyone has regrouped and dealt with the mutant threats, the discussion moves to why exactly Lex Luthor has joined them on their hunt for Perpetua's throne. Once the team decides to move on without Lex, they do exactly that, and the conversation turns a little more personal.

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While Cyborg goes over how he and Starfire ended up where they currently are, Detective Chimp is far less reluctant to discuss what he and his team went through in their time away. Cyborg, looking for a friendly ear, turns to Starfire for a fistbump over a hardy "Ghost Sector for life." Nightwing is astounded by Cyborg's positivity, to which he is told that sometimes all there is left to do is laugh. Starfire acknowledges this as a wise statement, and Nightwing tells her he had forgotten how close the two of them are.

The two certainly had a lot to bond over during their time with the Justice League Odyssey. While traveling the Ghost Sector, made up of planets recently freed from their miniature forms in which they were held captive by the Coluans, Starfire and Cyborg found more than just being teammates and friends to bond over. Among the experiences they shared were both being worshipped as gods by different civilizations that they encountered among these newly freed worlds, not to mention walking away from those roles in frenzies of violence. These battles, along with their hunt for Darkseid, having to weigh helping the former ruler of Apokalips or see numerous worlds lost forever, all had a heavy influence on the two and only cemented their bond further.

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But what Kory tells Dick isn't just about her time among the stars with Cyborg. Instead, she reminds him that while he and the other Teen Titans already had strong bonds with one another when they each respectively joined the team, she and Victor were both outsiders trying to find their place as Titans. Neither of them knew exactly how they fit into their roles on the team, or what those roles were supposed to be, either. And while Dick and the rest of the Teen Titans had homes to go to when they hung up their capes and cowls for the day, Kory and Vic were the only two who actually lived in Titans Tower. Living together, on top of fighting together, brought Kory and Vic together in a way that the other Titans didn't get to see or experience for themselves.

As Starfire describes it, the experiences that she and Cyborg have shared were "unique," which is a welcome revelation. DC is well known for complex and sometimes convoluted family trees, working relationships, and character histories, and the Teen Titans are no different. Knowing that two of the core members have such a unique friendship, and are able to laugh together while walking through the Valley of Starros proves that not every relationship in the DCU has to be complicated, as long as it reads as true.

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