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Alex nearly jumped from his seat when a new voice greeted him. Blinking at the girl it took him a moment to realize that those clothes were awfully familiar. "Gawain?"he questioned. Did the guy shift genders? He didn't understand why he would do that. Maybe it was out of his, or rather her control.

"So the mirrorwalking comes with some extra's I guess?" He popped another raspberry in his mouth as he thought. Some mutations defied explanation, while others were simpler puzzles for one to figure out. Well as simple as these mutations could get. This, for him, was one of those.

He saw the split second freeze, it was slight but he knew he hit on a sensitive subject. If only for a moment before she smile at him as if it was nothing. Maybe he shouldn't have asked. Still she insisted that it was fine. "Can't guess? And by the way, no need to continue with the whole 'if you don't mind' thing. I think we both agree we've already gotten past that part."

Well it was kind of right. He was open to asking questions. But he had been traveling so long that it was easy for him to simply gloss over the big details, pretend that they didn't matter. For her he had a feeling it was different. And he was kind of right. "Left home not a week ago. Been wandering the streets since."

So he was right in assuming that she hadn't been out long. Good, she wouldn't have to suffer like a lot of people like them did. "To be honest, this was a sort of heat of moment decision. I used my mutation as an excuse for getting out into the world to prove myself. You know the show, I don't think runaway teenagers are all that uncommon."

He nodded, "Yeah, I know that pretty well. I've met a few actually, former ones too." Gawain came to mind. He hadn't really talked to the guy about his past but he knew enough that the guy had been on the run like he had before ending up at Xavier's School. "It's actually something I can relate to. Something spooks you, like somebody is close to finding out or maybe you get blackmailed or something to that effect, and you know you have to get out before things go south, or souther. Powers just make it easier to escape."he said.

"I think I'll be fine. Sure, this is my longest time out yet and I plan to stay for quite a while ,who knows maybe forever, but it's not my first adventure. Thanks so much, though."

Once she was up and affirmed that she could make the walk on her own two feet he took his hand back. He instructed his constructed to fly ahead and give him a path to follow. "It's no problem, let's get going then."he said waiting for her to follow before starting to walk.

"Hey, if you don't mind me asking, what exactly is your living situation?"he asked curiously. She said this was her longest time out, did she have someone who kept bringing her home? What was home for her? Why did she feel the need to leave at all? Or was the situation that her family or guardian didn't want her but the cops kept bringing her back? He glanced at her, these questions swirling in his head.

It wasn't his place to ask really, he barely knew her and she barely knew him. But...she couldn't have been any older than him, probably younger, and while there weren't any outward signs to worry about, there was no discounting the internal. What scared her away from a potentially safe place?

Wince at the girl's rather loud cheer. From the sound of it he just made her day. Which was awesome, spread the good around to those who needed it. And while he doubted it'd be much of a problem, he hoped she could join him at the school. She seemed like a good person.

"Heh, totally. I've heard of this boarding school, in fact that's where I'm headed. Problem is, nobody I've asked seems to know exactly where it is. You gotta tell me more about this!"

"It's a pretty cool place, plenty to eat, comfortable rooms. There are roommates of course but I honestly don't mind at all. I'd take six roommates if it meant I got to sleep in a bed. There are classes, I'm gonna sign up and catch up on what I missed. I've heard they're pretty good classes so I'm hopeful that it won't take too long to get to where I should be. Um, the mansion is pretty big, so I haven't explored all of it. Maybe we could explore it together."he chuckled, before standing, brushing the dirt from his pants. "I can show you where it is. It's a bit of a walk though, think you can make it?"he asked offering her a hand up.

He didn't know how long she had been without a home and he knew how tiring those first weeks could be. If anything he could attempt to carry her piggyback style, she didn't look to heavy after all.

>>"Let me go! I know what I'm doing!"

Alex glared at her, that was the dumbest thing he had ever heard. "No lady, I really don't think you do!"he whispered back just as aggressively. There was no way this woman could do anything to stop the mad man with a gun. It was a gun, what was a normal human going to do against a gun and weaponless. However this train of thought was distracted by the sensation of his arm snapping and he knew without looking that Ace's wing had just been broken.

He bit down on a scream that threatened to spill from his lips as the pain reverberated through his arm. He was just grateful that the damage hadn't been any greater than that. The man could have easily crushed more, as fragile as birds are bone-wise. Still that and the wind warning was enough for him. He did his part, he'd leave right now but then the woman spoke again and...good lord.

>>“Look, I’m going in there if you like it or not. Look at all the bodies. Look at what he did to your bird. There’s no way I’m letting this man get away with this. I’m gonna look in this trashcan for a weapon of some sort.”

And of course she had to open the dumpster and scream when she found bugs inside. What was she expecting to find? An arsenal? Still the scream was not going to help.

>>“Don’t let ‘em eat me!”

"Sheesh, they won't eat you, those are mine and I guess I'll have to use them if your going in there, regardless."he sighed, sending the swarm in quickly after the man with the gun and cutting his connection with Ace. With the connection cut the bird turned to dust. He hated to do so but it was only causing him more pain to keep him around.

With the pain gone he concentrated the swarm around the gunmen's head, blind, irritate, potentially frighten away. Though he couldn't be certain, this guy did kill a lot of people without seemingly getting a scratch on him.

The tiny swarm danced about her finger a moment before they all settled in a neat little row on the offered perch. "No, not entirely. I'm connected to them, including all the nerve centers. Hence the little freak out earlier."he explained with a shrug. After so many years of experiencing the world through his constructs it was starting to become easier to recover from.

"If I concentrate enough it's kind of like an out of body experience." He looked at her, curiosity edged at his own mind. Earlier she had said she had tricks of her own. It could mean she was a mutant as well. She as a bit better dressed than him so she probably had a home to go back to. Or at least he assumed. Judging by clothes alone said nothing of status.

"So, uh, what about you? You said you had some tricks up your sleeve. If you don't mind me asking that is."he said.