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...a lot less manically, resolving to give Lucinda the damaged gift–for all its flaws, maybe it's all the more perfect.

Sam proudly introduces Lila to his mother.
She welcomes them both home.

(Tomorrow: The New Mutants Get Even!)

...which she is all too happy to afford the man she loves.

Sunday night arrives, and Lila appears in outrageous dress, (perhaps a little toxically) testing the sincerity of Sam's affections for her.

His response, while anxious, is honest: he loves her. Lila returns dressed...

...within the context of their identities as mutants, the boys rescue Ali, Lila, and Conal.

(God forbid I don't mention that Dazzler is here, lest @olevelo yell at me.)

Ali tells Sam the truth about Lila's gift–it wasn't stolen, but made–and Sam begs forgiveness of Lila...

...gone than most of his family have seen in their collective lifetimes.

His internal conflict his best displayed in his frustrations post-fight: "Feel like cryin', wish I could. But it ain't proper. For a man. Here."

It's the punctuating "Here." that reveals to the reader...

...to lay down roots. And in the spirit of that conflict, Sam self-sabotages, accusing Lila of stealing the gift she's prepared for his mother.

To be fair to Sam, it isn't completely unfair to call Lila a thief (she did try to steal Earth on their first date), but their fight...

When the interaction with Josh steels his resolve to return to Kentucky permanently, reality sets in.

Lila is unanchored, or as Sam calls it, without roots. Her ability to teleport immense distances means her home is everywhere, a concept incongruent with his innate need...

...the guidance of a father figure.

For a boy nervous about letting everyone down, operating without a map is a terrifying concept–a fear he sees personified in his younger brother's withdrawal and blossoming angst, and one he's projected backwards onto himself no less.

...doubts and fears of letting down those closest to him.

The strength of New Mutants is in Claremont's genuine attention to the struggles and strains of emergent adulthood.

Sam's frustrations with his mentors points toward a sense of navigating the transition alone without...

...in his co-leader's story last issue, New Mutants #42 centers itself on the conflicts between Sam's identities and the ever-widening distance between the boy was before he left Kentucky and the man he's grown into since.

The issue opens a Shooter-typical reintroduction...

However in jest it may be–and with Kurt it often is–the insinuation that his reward for saving Eiko is to sleep with her, going as far as to call in compensation is an ugly one.

Eiko's lines can be read as willing banter, but Claremont's closing remarks only muddy that water.