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...quickly undermined by the clout that comes with Sam's name, because OF COURSE she'd put his name on a list.
Lila teleports them (and unintentionally, pop star *the* Alison Blaire, using the insane cover identity of back up singer, *an* Alison Blaire) to her Dyson Sphere...
Using S'ym to interrogate their captive, Illyana assures Sam she's been practicing her teleportation and promises to land them safely in Los Angeles.
She gets it half right (*maybe* a full week has passed, oops), but Sam isn't willing to risk the consequences of a second trip...
The two best types of ways Claremont writes Illyana are featured in New Mutants #29–the first of which is when he allows her to be absolutely terrifying.
Illyana is often burdened by shame of her nature, but there are times when she leans into it to great and terrifying effect.
...to catch up to the escaping airplane and is distracted long enough by their afterburner to begin falling from the sky.
Illyana, consummate solider and big gun of the team uses one of her stepping disks to rescue Sam and drag the boy and their captured goon into Limbo.
...as revenge against the consequences of HIS OWN actions, the left behind members of the team are split in two, with Sam & Illyana left in pursuit of the captured Berto and Amara.
The two powerhouse members of the New Mutants manage to capture a hired henchman, but Sam fails...
At some point, a father won't be there for his son. Won't be able to keep his promises. Won't be able to fix everything and make it all okay.
As the personas bubble back to the top of David's consciousness, it's clear that David has been unsuccessful in restoring his son to...
...and David is finally given an opportunity to meet his father.
I suggested earlier that this story is absent a happy ending–and the issue's closing pages prove it.
Mutant gifts and psychic adventures aside, the reality of parenthood is that it always ends in tragedy.
...unsure if Jemail can be trusted, by the absorbed persona insists he's been trying to heal David whereas the others have only wanted to wreak further havoc.
Dani's communion with Jemail and Jack helps restore David to some extent and restore the team to the material world...
...nature revealed as his greatest fear is identified as a loving relationship between David and Xavier.
The Jack persona doesn't want David restored, he wants control–and thus the hatred of Jemail is revealed as caused in part by Gaby's bias and Jack's misdirection.
Dani is...
...that to some extent, Gaby's hatred of Jemail is driven by her cultural identity as much as it is the man's crimes against her family, the one repeated area of the arc that works the least well.
Dani projects Jack's fears to prevent Jemail's assault, evidence of his dark...