[ Like what? Logan blinks. Superheroes, like aā€”? Okay, he didn't expect to hear that. Somehow, he expected even less that this is what Karen thinks he might be. What, people in her world, some of them just have powers and become...heroes?
Give him a minute with that one.
A dry chuckle escapes him. ] No. No, I'mā€”a mutant. Trust me, nobody's lookin' at us as heroes.
[ Well. Maybe the kids did. Used to.
Besides, it's been a long time since they've done any saving on humanity's behalf. Most days, he tries not to let it get to him. He knows Charles still believes it was the right thing to do. And Logan doesn't disagree, it's justā€”lately, it's gotten harder and harder not to ask: what the hell good did all of that saving do? Where's it gotten them except killed on the streets and in cages like animals?
After a second, he finally slides his hand from between hers, gently. His thumb runs absently over the groove between his knuckles.
Karen's smiling at him, soft. He can't figure out what that look's for. Why it's directed at him. But if it's got anything to do with that superhero shit...
Guess it could fit some of the others. Just not him. ]
Nature spun the roulette wheel with some of us. That's all it is.
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Give him a minute with that one.
A dry chuckle escapes him. ] No. No, I'mā€”a mutant. Trust me, nobody's lookin' at us as heroes.
[ Well. Maybe the kids did. Used to.
Besides, it's been a long time since they've done any saving on humanity's behalf. Most days, he tries not to let it get to him. He knows Charles still believes it was the right thing to do. And Logan doesn't disagree, it's justā€”lately, it's gotten harder and harder not to ask: what the hell good did all of that saving do? Where's it gotten them except killed on the streets and in cages like animals?
After a second, he finally slides his hand from between hers, gently. His thumb runs absently over the groove between his knuckles.
Karen's smiling at him, soft. He can't figure out what that look's for. Why it's directed at him. But if it's got anything to do with that superhero shit...
Guess it could fit some of the others. Just not him. ]
Nature spun the roulette wheel with some of us. That's all it is.