Chris has persuaded me that having a random generator is like having an intuitive and extensive knowledge of a poorly-editted copy of "Chaos Theory for Dummies."
Having said that, random sidekicks have never fought crime more successfully.
He's a bookish umbrella-wielding firefighter in a wheelchair. She's a chain-smoking communist vampire in the wrong place at the wrong time. They fight crime!
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