"I'm sorta tricky to get rid of. Just ask my brother."

And then he starts talking and compared to before it's almost like he can't stop, like a staccato landslide; she bites her lip, listens, tries to work out what to say. In the end she settles for just putting her hand on his - and leaves it there, this time.

"I'd say you could come try life in my 'verse, if you wanted, but it's not exactly... low-stress." To put it mildly. "Plus Chase's secret mutant power is being a total doofus, I swear."