The others would start flooding the room, and Julian's peace was disturbed, not that he minded. If he really wanted to be alone he would've stayed in his room. He liked his team, they were refreshing, and more like actual Teens, they were 'kids', and Julian had never actually known anyone who wasn't a scientist or a military contact. While he wasn't sure if he would qualify these people as friends, they were acquaintances that he thought of in a positive light. Putting down the book he was reading at a speed that seemed abnormal for someone whom wasn't a meta, but that's what off the charts IQ does for you.

Query said the Kitten was used by the Illuminati, and Julian smirked. Then came the Atlantean, apparently looking for Tuna, as he usually did. It was odd for someone who spent a lot of time with fish to want to eat them, Julian himself was strictly Vegan, not for morale reasons, but due to the fact that the vegan diet was the healthiest one. The Atlantean cracked a joke about barbarians in a alleyway. [color=lime]"Don't encourage his madness, Kaldur, we don't want him getting started with the Illuminati talk again."[/color] Julian joked, but then gave off a smirk, the scars on his face bending as his face busted into a slight grin.

[color=lime]"Besides, Illuminati's a bunch of poor people pretending to be powerful, anyway."[/color]