Jillian stood and dusted herself off.

"You two need to go" she said, and nodded towards the two mutants on the ground "I'll take care of them. Be safe."

She turned to Gawain and glared at him for a moment.

"Don't. Pull something like this again."

The young knight nodded, looking for a moment like he was about to say something, but then he decided there was no use. He hugged his mother instead and they stood like that for a moment.
When they let go, Jillian turned to look at Evelyn.

"You two work quite well together" she said, nodding at the pouch full of stars "Nice idea. But don't let him drag you into something stupid, okay? If he does, you are free to kick his ass for me." she smirked, and nodded to Evelyn "Nice to meet you."

Gawain sighed, and walked over to Eve to take her hand.

"C'mon. Let's go."

The echoes picked up on Gawain's body language, but she didn't let them analyze the interactions too much. This hadn't been the most successful meet up, but at least Gawain got a chance to see his mother and asked what he needed. Once they had said their goodbyes, Jillian her way, and Evelyn rubbed the back of her neck sheepishly.

"Thanks...Figure metal doesn't bust as easily as glass if nothing else..." At the remark of letting Gawain drag her into trouble she chuckled somewhat nervously, images of some of their chaotic adventures flashing through her mind. "I'll try my best." She mentally noted that Gawain would be just as likely to be stuck getting dragged into something stupid by her, but this probably wasn't the best time to argue that. "Nice to meet you too..."

She let Gawain pull her away, but the echoes lingered, watching their backs even as her attention shifted.

He took Evelyn through the mirrors to get out of the area faster, before other assassins or the cops showed up. He trusted Mother to take care of the rest. She would not be free of her job for a while, but at least she was good at it.

Once they made it back to the Mansion, he walked them in through the mirrors to Evelyn's room. Only then did he remember to take off the mask, and sat on the floor with a thud.

"Well, that was... interesting." he sighed.

The trip back to the mansion gave the echoes a little time to calm down, although mirror-walking still left them somewhat incoherent as they tried to analyze things along the trip. By the time she was back in her own room she was starting to be more aware of how tired she was feeling, and after removing mask and freeing her hair she drifted towards the bathroom for a wash cloth to clean up her arm.

"Interesting.... Hopefully it at least helped a little though?" She ventured cautiously. Part of her was hoping to avoid the topic of Jillian's black eye. She was just glad that hadn't come back to haunt her yet.

>>"Interesting.... Hopefully it at least helped a little though?"

"Yeah, some" Gawain sighed, standing up to shrug off his jacket and archery gear. Now that the masks were off things felt like they could, eventually, get back to normal. "Turns out my father's a douchebag, and I probably have a litter of half-siblings."

There was some food for thought.

"Also, I'm not sure I'll ever get used to seeing my mom as a ninja assassin. But..."

He sighed again and dropped all the excess gear and clothing onto the floor before he moved to kiss Eve on the forehead.

"Thanks for doing this with me."

Evelyn nodded slowly, the echoes feeding off Mirror's mixed emotions. She had her own about the matter. She knew both her parents, and they were their own variety of awful. But they were the only family she had. She wasn't sure if having siblings was good or bad though. They knew at least one line of Mirror's family wasn't the greatest though.

"I guess that could end up going in a number of different directions..." She bit her tongue on her own thoughts and emotions. Part of her was somewhat envious of Gawain and his mom. Sure, he rarely saw her, but she didn't seem bad. She'd trade a decent parent she rarely saw for the ones she had now.... She smiled at the kiss on the forehead though.

"Thanks for letting me help. Oh, you can keep these now if you want..." She tossed him the pouch of throwing stars then moved back to finish cleaning up the cut on her arm. A few seconds later she shifted to fishing for the first aid kit. "At least metal is harder to break than glass, so hopefully they'll come in handy.

>>"Thanks for letting me help. Oh, you can keep these now if you want... At least metal is harder to break than glass, so hopefully they'll come in handy."

Gawain snatched the bag out of mid-air with a shaky grin.

"That was pure genius, Eve. We gotta train with these next time."

It definitely needed training, but if she learned to throw then well, it could become a powerful trick in combat. And she was right, a lot less breakable.

Picking up the first aid kit he settled next to Eve to help her dress the cut on her arm.

"So this means that Baby X could theoretically be related to me." he noted, his mind still working over the matter.

Evelyn couldn't help but grin at the praise, then let Gawain help with the cut. It was definitely easier with someone else doing it. Trying to tie bandages on one armed was always tricky. She was somewhat bewildered she was getting used to doing things like this though. Part of being in training though... Her arms were gradually collecting nicks and bruises. While the more serious injuries were always handled by DocProf, she was looking less and less like the polished damsel she came here as. She wondered momentarily if that was a good or a bad thing.

There seemed to be a lot of that wondering right now though.

"Well that would verify what DocProf found. But I'm not sure it will mean much unless you and Alli see more eye to eye..." She trailed off. That was a delicate subject still. At least she was learning to tread more carefully in conversation. She had blurted out one too many things recently, she was trying her best to be more tactful. Controlling the echoes a bit more helped with that though.

>>"Well that would verify what DocProf found. But I'm not sure it will mean much unless you and Alli see more eye to eye..."

"Yeah, tell me about it" Gawain sighed, resting his forehead on Evelyn's shoulder once he was finished bandaging the wound. The Alli-Baby situation was not going to solve itself, and the fact that Mirror was related to the guys who attacked her did not make it any easier.

"I just feel like she's in deep sh*t enough that she could use some help" he said "And I grew up with gender shifting. She's not gonna find many other people who can say the same..."

Evelyn nodded slightly and rubbed her forehead. "Well, who knows, maybe I'll run into her again or something. Just, let it air itself out and maybe the space will help?" The verbal question mark showed she was trying to be helpful, but she wasn't sure how successful she was at it. Old memories and emotions brushed at the back of her mind so she tried not to linger on them too much, instead she gave Gawain a reassuring squeeze on his hand before moving to put the first aid kit away and sat on her bed.

"In the end, maternal instincts will probably kick in. She will want what's best for her kid, and if you can help them, that might be enough. Just, don't stress about it too much yet. It's been a long day anyway."