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...of the New Mutants than any of the kids.
When he took over for Charles, there were considerable doubts Erik had any inclination the profound impact these children would have not just on his outlook, but identity.
His insistence that the children are alive comes off not as...
...with the techno-organic virus, and the New Mutants escape.
Back at the mansion, Moira and Erik catch their breaths after the onslaught of patients they've seen, and while the interlude does interrupt the action in Limbo, the scene helps Erik feel as much a part of the cast...
..about the role she has among the New Mutants–
Wait. I'm sorry. I can't *not* comment on this.
Sam... I don't know what to do with this information.
But cool? I guess?
Anywho, whatever specter of power Illyana seems to have over Limbo is torn away from her...
...a place for a child to live, let alone rule.
Limbo's corruption–or, in the metaphor, Illyana's untreated trauma–has slowly corrupted her self-image; the more daemonic she grows, the more evident it is that Limbo is the last place she should spend time.
Because the reality...
...second ongoing series.
The issue opens in the near immediate aftermath of the kids' escape from the Morlock Tunnels after the Magus' had hunted them there, teleported once more into Illyana's site-of-abuse turned kingdom, Limbo.
Roberto is the first to awaken among them...
...help they can get; but Malice's influence has had enough of its intended effect: the wearing and weary bonds among the X-Men are now paper thin–all it took was a push.
Touch springs from the heart, but if that heart has been tainted with malice... the X-Men have already lost.
...bait, the team drag Malice from Rogue's body for Ororo to wrestle with.
But whereas Ali denies the darkness within her, Ororo accepts these dark parts of her identity; they are *hers*, not Malice's to control.
Malice is bested, and the psychic entity discorporates...
...of post-Massacre anxieties and moments of self-doubt; a literalization of mutants-fighting-mutants.
Rogue is next to be possessed, and flies out of the nightclub to introduce herself to the assembled Dallas PD, who are more than happy to believe...
After savagely attacking the team, Malice-as-Ali is briefly taken out of commission before turning to possess Logan.
But with what UXM #214 has already communicated, Malice's destruction of any trust between the team isn't built from nothing; she's just the logical conclusion...
...among the remaining members. The heart, soul, and naïvety of the X-Men are all out of commission.
Logan answers a call from Lila–who knew they were so cordial–and the group heads to investigate Dazzler's stunt at the Dallas nightclub she's made her private stage.