His first friends...

...waren tatsächlich Polizisten: vor der Haustür salutierend, an der Autobahn schüchtern in zivil. Ganz offenkundig war die Erleichterung zu spüren, endlich wieder einen Superhelden in den eigenen Reihen zu haben. / ... were Policemen: in front of my door salutating, on the highway the shy plainclothes. Patently they were relieved to have a Superhero in their own ranks again.