Miss Simonson, do you remember the last time we met? Of course, it's a little hazy for me because you scrambled my brain to cover your tracks, but it turns out that you took my memories of the last few days of my daughter's life. I went home that night to read her a bed-time story, and my wife had to stop me and remind me that she was dead, and that she had been for four years. So, thanks to you, over the last few weeks I've had the opportunity to lose... my only child. All over again.
You're sorry? [bangs the table angrily] You think I want an apology from you? [shakes his head] No. I want you to pay, and I want you to know that this is extremely personal for me.
Honestly, I... I think a lot of them would be fine with it. You think people couldn't water the lawn, or put up holiday decorations, knowing that people are suffering, but... I did.
I'm not gonna debate this with you! [pause] I don't know what you two expected to come out of this. I'm not in the habit of helping people who threaten my family.
Reed, please. [to Jace] I know how upsetting this must be. When you came into my house with a gun, I was terrified. Believe me, this is the last place I want to be right now. So I'm going to say this, and then we're gonna go. The program our children are in, I've seen what it does first-hand. They pump the mutants full of drugs until they are hopelessly addicted. They're given mental conditioning so they have to do what they're told and... and then they are sent to kill everyone they love. They may be alive, but that... that's worth than death. [gets up and leaves, followed by Reed]
[at Weeks' funeral] Edward Weeks was a good man. He was a good agent and he was my friend. He lived a life of service and he gave the ultimate sacrifice.
[at Dreamer's funeral] Everything Dreamer did, she did it for everyone here. She could've disguised herself as a human forever, but she chose to live here with us, her true family.
I grew up in my grandad's church. There's a story that I learned there that I think is relevant today. In the beginning the God loved one angel above all of the others. To him he gave special gifts, he made that angel beautiful and powerful. But one day that angel decided that he wanted to rule over heaven. That angel disobeyed God and for that he was cast down out of heaven. That angel was Lucifer. We have, living among us, some who have been given special gifts. Some who, like Lucifer, have followed their pride into darkness. They ask for understanding, they ask for tolerance. But I am done tolerating evil.
It's days like today that remind us that we're up against people that don't think of us as human. And they will point to our differences, but the simple fact is this: we love like they do, we die like they do, we grieve like they do. We share that today. And Sonya will not be forgotten, and I promise, we will find justice for her.
Exactly. Why should we fight with one hand tied behind our backs? We need all the allies we can get! Do you want to cling to your ideals or do you want to survive?
We can't just chuck our principles because it's convenient! You know, the X-Men chose us for a reason, and it's not because we can kill. If we wanted to kill people, we would've done it a thousand times already, but we didn't! We have to be better than that. Now, we need to take out the Hound program, and we will, Lorna, but we have to do it our way.
I don't see a move here. The Hounds are already out there. They're kicking our asses.
EFEsme Frost
It's a secret program. We can kill it, but it has to happen soon. Our sources tell us Dr. Campbell is working his political connections to take it national.
Back in Clark County, I had trouble with some purifiers, basically got run out of town. I was pissed, started looking for people who felt the same way. I found some mutants who were pushing back and it turned out that they were part of the Brotherhood.
So what if he is? Lorna, I know about this. You don't get born looking like me without having major X-genes in your family tree. You know, for a while I thought that mattered. I thought that all the bad guys in my family's past made me one too. Took me too long to realize that a tiny speck of DNA, it doesn't take charge of who you are. I really hope you realize that sooner than I did.
