[ Logan flicks on the flame, both for the kid's sake and to give him a little more low light to work with if they're gonna be heading into pitch black stairwells. There's a pause where he gives a good once-over, undeterred by Jesse shying away from the question. He just wants to know if trouble's on their heel or if it was left behind a week ago.
Then he chuckles, dry. He pushes open the hallway door dividing one half from the other. Yeah. If only. I don't bruise easy sits on his tongue. He decides it's not worth saying, figures he doesn't give enough of a damn about answering whatever questions that remark's gonna lead to.
Seems the kid's not too keen about details, either. Logan leaves it alone. For now. ]
You look like you've seen a ghost already. [ Just saying. ] Power's still on at the other end. I'll take you on over.
[ It's pitch black all through the streets on this side. No lamps, no neon signs. Just the barely-there moon behind the clouds. He didn't think much of it coming and going himself, but the kid might as well be wearing a sign that says, Mug me, I'm free. And no, he's not making a habit of playing bodyguard. He justā€”
Whatever. He'll feel bad if something happens. He doesn't like feeling bad. This place is different, a world he recognizes as much as he doesn't, and the one thing that keeps standing out to him is that the humans around, they're not gunning to eradicate every mutant on earth. They're just people again. The sort he used to be able to interact withā€”plenty who feared his kind, sure, but plenty who couldn't give a shit, too. He remembers the ones who tried to help. And he wasn't ever able to help them in return before they were slaughtered. ]
sorry for my own delay!!
Then he chuckles, dry. He pushes open the hallway door dividing one half from the other. Yeah. If only. I don't bruise easy sits on his tongue. He decides it's not worth saying, figures he doesn't give enough of a damn about answering whatever questions that remark's gonna lead to.
Seems the kid's not too keen about details, either. Logan leaves it alone. For now. ]
You look like you've seen a ghost already. [ Just saying. ] Power's still on at the other end. I'll take you on over.
[ It's pitch black all through the streets on this side. No lamps, no neon signs. Just the barely-there moon behind the clouds. He didn't think much of it coming and going himself, but the kid might as well be wearing a sign that says, Mug me, I'm free. And no, he's not making a habit of playing bodyguard. He justā€”
Whatever. He'll feel bad if something happens. He doesn't like feeling bad. This place is different, a world he recognizes as much as he doesn't, and the one thing that keeps standing out to him is that the humans around, they're not gunning to eradicate every mutant on earth. They're just people again. The sort he used to be able to interact withā€”plenty who feared his kind, sure, but plenty who couldn't give a shit, too. He remembers the ones who tried to help. And he wasn't ever able to help them in return before they were slaughtered. ]
You got a name?
[ You know, in case he needs to shout it. ]