[ As unsteady as he feels, he does all he can to make himself solid for her. He envelops her in his arms when he hears the cry in her voice and holds her close. It helps to ground him in a way he didn't have for too long as he tries to breathe and make sense of all this. Where they are and how they ended up here. It's impossible not to think of Dawn, and it sends his heart racing. They left her behind when they chose to enter that portal, and now...

They were finally past all this. They were going to rebuild the Mutant Underground, raise their family. He doesn't want to blame Clarice, but how is this what she wanted to show them? ]

I'm okay. [ An obvious lie, so he corrects himself. ] I mean, I'm not hurt either.

[ At least they're together. He doesn't know what he'd do if he didn't know where she was. ]

I think they have some kind of mind control. That must be how they captured us. [ God, did he not want to experience that again. ] I don't know if I can believe what I'm seeing.