"Obviously I would!" He says, but his face screws up and his hand rises to go through his hair. His breath comes out in a rush and he shakes his head.

"The things I do for this guy," He mutters to himself. "Trying to teach him anything was a pain enough." Then to her, louder and looking her way, "alright, so we get our powers back, we teach the kid to fight, right? Kid gets strong enough, we hop on out of here. You want to bet it will be harder or easier than it sounds?"