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...kids simultaneously faced the worst possible consequence of diving recklessly into battle; but it's no matter: his speech works and the team resolves to set out to get their revenge.

The kids stalk Empath to the Massachusetts Academy, where they witness his manipulations...

...casts' traumas, a facet of the book extended even to two of its most background characters.

Roberto, still not out of his suit–and looking like a boy playing pretend at the role of man–storms back to the pool to ask Stevie what's been done to rectify Tom and Sharon's assault.

...absent from most of our recent New Mutants issues.

Stevie brings the entire up to speed (well, mostly) on Empath's attack on Tom and Sharon, still haunted by their disturbing manipulation at the Hellion's hands.

As a series, New Mutants has never been quick to erase its...

...that leaves him feeling significantly less mature than the rest of his team.

The contrast is probably bettered by Rahne's absence in this issue, but Rahne's absence is bettered by the reappearance of Stevie Hunter, who outside of her most recent appearances has been fairly...

...the team than might be expected.

Berto returns with gifts–and a healthy fear of Illyana still intact–but whatever growth he's experienced is frankly eclipsed by the terrible, collective trauma the New Mutants experienced (and died from, and then were brought back from)...

...returns us to Salem Center as Berto returns from his... hero sabbatical and the band (almost) gets entirely back together.

If there were a character most strongly featured in today's issue, it is the ever-petulant Sunspot who's done far less growing in his time away from...

...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...