Yes. [There's no better way to put it, really. It had been amazing, to see the kids figure out how to use their powers, how not to be afraid of what they were capable anymore, watching Erik move a satellite dish miles away when he used to struggle with anything too heavy without getting angry first. If there had been any doubt in his mind that he wanted to teach before that week before Cuba, it was long gone by the time they arrived at the mansion and got to work.]

Before we all came together, most of them didn't even realize there were other people in the world like them, and many of them had very limited control. Now they're all much more confident in themselves and what they can do.

[And, God, had it really almost been ten months since he'd seen them last? Almost over a year since he'd seen Raven, and while there was a selfish part of himself that was glad Erik was here with him (he sincerely doubted ten months at home would have meant spending this much time with his friend, and while he often didn't want him to be here, because the Barge was awful and he didn't want him exposed to things like that last port, it was hard not to be grateful sometimes that he had someone to talk to, when he needed it) and not his students or his sister, well.]

I miss them.