What Scott really wants to know is where the hell Cable was, but that's something he's going to continue to keep to himself. Along with other people, because dammit this. is. his.

And maybe he (still) really wants someone willing to put him down for it; the 'get up and get back to the fight' is hard to use as motivation, from here.


He sees an alley and ducks into it.

"Phoenix was shot and splintered when she returned. Several of us ended up host to fragments of Phoenix. Those who thought her return was dangerous adopted a strategy of consolidating her into a single host. I decided that single host was going to be me."

Robotic? No. Not quite. Debriefing methocial? yes.