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There are enough heroes in the world from among our kind they do not need more. There are even enough human heroes. And besides why should we lift a hand to help when most wouldn't help us when we needed it?

[Bart could see where the man was coming from but it felt...wrong. It didn't matter if there were others out there to help, not when he had the power to save people who needed his help. When the kid heard the man's question, he looked over at him and answered.]

They need us, so we help.

[The kid sighed as he looked around at the others like him, and wished he could stay with this family, a family that wouldn't look at him as if he were a monster...the way his own parents had looked at him, but as badly as Bart longed for a life of true acceptance he couldn't abandon the innocent people out there who were in need of someone to protect them.]

I...I'm sorry Erik, but I can't abandon them and simply hope that someone else will keep them safe...

Yeah? Who with?

[A name? Sort of, it's not a spoken word. More of a feeling of knowing who she is. Her people communicate with their emotions, after all. Gem nods once, yes she has a name. But she cannot speak it.]

[Erik thinks for a moment trying to figure out how to communicate with her.]

Is it something I can guess?

[She smiles and shakes her head no, sorry she doesn't think you could. But it's alright, Gem doesn't mind if he doesn't know her name so long as he is a friend.]

[Erik smiles and nods.]

Don't worry we will find something to call you. Are you hungry or thirsty?

A friend of mine Charles Xaiver...he always said we shouldn't give words like mutant any power.

[Erik nods understanding where Bart is coming from he places a hand on the young man shoulder.]

I understand and should you wish to change your mind there will be a place for you here. However I know of a better home for you. A school for young people like yourself who share the same ideals.

Because then it's easy to be hurt by it?

And it gives the humans cause to see us as different.

When you're not. [Well, he is but not in a way she would really focus on]

You are a rarity then.

I'm not all that rare.

I think so....you are very accepting Rose most people are not the same way.

[Bart grinned at the open invite and paused as he considered the prospect of going back to school, and a school with others like himself none the less!]

Man that sounds pretty cool, but truth be told I kinda skipped out of school when I was thirteen and haven't been back since. Been on my own for a good long while so not sure the school thing would be the best fit, but I will be uh, swinging by here from time to time if that's cool with you?

Figure we can get a little bbq going, swap some stories and just kick it...plus uh, well I really wouldn't mind hanging with Raven. Anywho, I should get back out there, but if you ever need me bud, just drop me a line and I'll be here in a flash!

[With a goofy grin the kid handed the larger man a business card with his cell number on it, and vanished only to reappear in front of Raven. Bart held her hand for a second and kissed it before he disappeared, leaving behind a small gust of wind.]

Edited 2013-07-08 15:24 (UTC)

I've just seen a lot.

[She shakes her head no, she was quite comfortable. But she does point at him with a questioning look. Does he have a name?]

[Erik chuckles realizing he hasn't said who he was yet. He taps his chest.]

My name is Erik.

I'm getting that sense. You have eyes as old as mine.

And yet I've seen older.

Have you now?

I have.

Where have you gone?

Lots of places.