"I think it's the most normal weird in the whole thing, though, so it'll be okay." Even baseline humans with divorced parents end up getting touchy about boyfriends and step-parents. (He can think that without panicking a little, so he must be getting better, right?)

"Yep." He grins, in a way that suggests there's very little that's actually funny about any of this. "Want to know a top secret X-Men fact?"