Max's eyes widened with astonishment. For as long as he had been with The Brotherhood, he had never seen any powers that weren't destructive. Yet, here he was, witnessing someone using their powers to, very simply put, give life. "That's, that's amazing." Max said pointing at the flower. He kept staring at it. As if it were some illusion that would disappear at any moment.

Flora's voice broke him out of the trance. He looked at her and felt oddly nervous. He hated feeling nervous. "My, my mutation?" He finally stammered looking away from her and standing up. Still in pain, but feeling a wave of machismo sweep over him, he pointed to the roof of the Mansion. Once he saw Flora's gaze fall on the roof he did his "routine". "And a one, and a two." He jokingly sing-songd before a crackle of energy ran across him.

In an instant he appeared on the top of the roof. He took a small bow and waved to Flora. He looked out over the landscape. The "yard" of the Mansion was massive. He was barley able to see where the driveway ended. He began to get a little worried. He was able to teleport far, but he was worried he wouldn't be able to teleport far enough to report back without having to be gone for too long. The meeting place was at a small paper warehouse about five miles away from the Mansion. He was to get there and he would find a small homing beacon inside. He was to activate it and someone from The Brotherhood would be there shortly to debrief him.

As Max thought about this, he realized he might have been on the roof for longer then necessary. Then, another crackle of energy and he was back standing next to her. "Ah, thank you." He said smirking. As he was about to say something else a twinge of pain ran up his whole spine. He knew he shouldn't have teleported that far while still recovering. Max tried to prevent the pain from showing on his face. "Well, I, um, need to talk to the professor. Hopefully I'll see you later." Max turned and hobbled back to the Mansion. The physical pain mixed with the nervousness he felt made Max beat himself up mentally all the way back to the professor's office.

Max approached the professor's office. He took a breath to ready himself. The implant had worked so far, but how long could it last? Before he could knock on the door he heard the professor's voice: "Come in." Max slowly opened the door. "Hello Max." Xavier said looking up from his book. "Have a seat." He pointed to a chair sitting across from his desk. "What can I do for you son?"

Now it was time, thought Max. The speech he had rehearsed a hundred times. He had done a some reading up on Xavier. From everything Max had read, Xavier seemed a father figure. So, Max had figured a heart to heart with him would put any doubts Xavier had about him to rest. Max began to tell Xavier about his childhood and how his parents abandoned him. How he was in an orphanage for mutants and never got adopted. He then twisted the truth about how the orphanage was bombed and how he lived on the streets up until Flora had found him. "That's why I hate humans so much." Max said looking down at the floor. "I want to belong I just have never trusted anyone. So, is there any way you could let me stay? Maybe help me out for a few days?"

"Now," Xavier started. "you don't have to fake any remorse with me. You have nowhere to go and we've given you good hospitality. I understand that. You don't have to pretend to like others or that you're going to join the X-Men and bring justice to the world." Max cursed to himself. It hadn't worked. He had failed. "But as long as this Mansion is standing, all mutants will have a home here. We're just going to keep you under watch for a few days, make sure there are no unknown injuries or anything else. You'll be staying in the men's dormitories. Please report to the infirmary tomorrow and please, make yourself comfortable." Xavier smiled as Max stood up to leave.

Xavier's hospitality has thrown Max for a loop. He went to say something, but thought it best to just go to the dorms and rest these injuries away. "And Max?" Xavier started. "She is a rather lovely girl. I would stay longer to get to know her better too." A huge grin appeared on Xavier's face. Max narrowed his eye and slammed the door as he left. "Ah, youth." Xavier sighed.