Oh, the future. Well that's --. ( He stops himself before he can let acrid misery seep into his voice. There isn't much of a future now. He's failed. Raven is out there somewhere and instead of protecting her like they should, she's never going to trust them again. Between that and the terrifying things Logan has laid out for him, he's fairly certain none of them will get that far.

He doesn't want it, anyway. He doesn't want that pain. )

The school's been closed for a while now.

( He swallows down the burning liquid like a drowning man, uncaring about finesse. There are no X-Men. There's nothing but a shut-in scientist and a shambling wreck of a man hell-bent on destroying himself. Christ, what a mess. )

You must be friends with Logan, he's from the future too you know.

( All said with vague weary hysteria. )