WPCR#### ###### ##2##### #Z###B###0# ### #########I#########J###HP Deskjet D1600 series###########################X#N# #\## #### P#####################X#P #X#N# #\## #### P########X#P(# # #9#### ###Z#### #6#T#i#m#e#s# #N#e#w# #R#o#m#a#n# #R#e#g#u#l#a#r#########################################################################X# #3|#x###The next day the 4 students are sitting and standing around the bottom of the staircase talking. Darwin ask "Do any of you miss living in America?" Sway is the first to answer "Sometimes yeah. I miss the way things used to be more then I miss being there. Before my family died (her voice catches a little) I was about to move across country for college. So it's not like staying in California was my dream. I hope this doesn't sound shallow but I miss some of the stores and restaurants but I think its mostly I miss being around things that seem familiar." Petra puts a comforting hand on Suzanne "Sway" Chan's shoulder as Vulcan answers Darwin's question. "No, this is my home, I love it here. I don't really think about the past that much." Petra smiles to Vulcan briefly before turning toward Sway and saying "I understand what you mean about moving here and there not being anything familiar, but this is the first time I've had a home since I was 13. I'm really glad to be here with you guys where it's ok to be a mutant." After a brief silence Sway ask "What about you Darwin?" "I don't have anyone to go back to." There was no self pity in his voice, he wasn't looking for sympathy just with a bit of sadness stating the truth, then smiling the odd looking "evolving boy" said "I'm glad Dr Mac Taggert brought us together." Sway the Asian-American mutant that could freeze time around her "Yeah, I didn't know if I'd ever have a place to feel safe or to fit in." Petra the lovely blond geo-morph adds "I do feel safe here, back in the US how can anyone feel safe with Sentinels flying around?" No one has an answer to this, Petra didn't expect one. With so many thoughts racing in the four teenagers minds one thought none of them considered was that Joseph Mac Taggert could be standing around the corner listening.