[ Julian, on the other hand, had learned to be an expert in how much the whole 'heroics' game doesn't go to plan. Ethics are all well and good, but he knows what happens when the heroes don't get the win. ]

Val, you're not your dad. You don't have to be your dad, you're not responsible for the wellbeing of an entire universe!

Being one of us. Being a mutant, or being...whatever the hell you are - [ Does she have an X-gene? He doesn't think so. But she's definitely not what anyone would call ordinary ] - that doesn't mean we're automatically responsible for saving everyone. Some of us just want to live. Get too deep into it and being a hero isn't the badass ride that you think it is.