Caleb really, really wished he couldn't relate to everything Seth was saying. And that it didn't feel like a door was slamming shut in his face. That was just like them. wasn't it? Finally get up the nerve to chase something good and have it all come crashing down again.

"I'll be right back, okay?" He didn't even know if Seth was listening to him right now. Caleb went to Seth's bathroom and cleaned himself up a little, conspicuously avoiding looking in the mirror. When he came back out, he pulled his jeans on before sitting on the edge of the bed. "You're not a mutant anymore," he started, trying to be gentle. "None of us are. We're just...normal people who remember being mutants. Well, some of us remember different worlds altogether, but. One step at a time. You are Seth Norris."