"...I've never liked it here," he admitted frankly after a second's hesitation. The X-Men would never be a good fit for him. That was a simple and incontrovertible fact. His power wasn't useful against the kinds of things the X-Men went against regularly. He was better suited to fringe teams, specialized teams.

Teams that didn't deal with giant robots on a daily basis.

"Wait," he said suddenly, straightening from his noiresque slouch as though he'd been burned. "The last time you saw me-- When, exactly, are we?"