[Maybe text can't convey the tone, but David knows what it is anyway. He can hear it in his head. He'd known Scott, known Logan, well before he ever met Jean. And they, unlike Jean or any other telepath, were open books for him. He knows the gentleness, the sympathy, the rest behind it all. It's heart warming and he's glad she's not there to see how it affects him.

That said, probably better not to tell David future him was considering such things. He had no intention of going home, and more than that, he didn't quite care for the idea of being on a main X-Team at that. Not when he loved his X-Factor work.]

I'm used to living in places where I'm not welcomed, or those I love aren't. I mean, the only reason I ever ended up in New York was because of things like that. I just hoped that maybe for once things could be different.