[Good work, Albert. Dirk's got the decency to try and refrain from banging up Albert's body, mechanical parts and all. The least he could do is return the favor! Even if Dirk sometimes isn't used to his gangly teenage body himself.

The question about flashstepping throws him off for a moment. It's been a thing he can do for so long, the feeling of it just comes naturally to him. Finally he focuses on the way things were different during the superhero curse when he wasn't flashstepping to come up with an explanation.]

You pick a place you want to be and focus hard as you can on being there fast as possible. It works best for short distances.