"Boyfriend, actually" I corrected. "I asked him to hang out for a bit because of nerves. But I have my scary ladies posse now, so I'm feeling more confident walking around the con now."

Perhaps realizing she might have stepped on some toes, she switched gears to my costume and asked some good questions about it.

"It's really good chainmail armor," she said. "You don't often find many cosplayers making their own Sonja costumes using that material. They use other materials or they get someone to make it for them."

"Wellllll," I said, hating to admit it. "Someone originally made it for me, but there were things I didn't like...