[That seems to hit a nerve, but not one that causes anger or hurt. Just thoughtfulness. For someone who was denied even a very basic right to privacy until he was eleven years old, the idea of keeping things restrained to just one side of his life is strange to him. The cameras that are so often trained on him now are actually less intrusive than the constant surveillance he was under as a child. At least at the end of the day he can come back to Legion World and the privacy of his lab, among friends.]

[There are some concepts that are alien to him, and it has nothing to do with his species. The idea of having some kind of dual life, where one half of it is private and separate from the other is almost impossible for him to imagine.]

[So far, the only private life he's ever had, hidden away from even the rest of the team, was the little bubble of reality he and Lyle had created with their relationship.]

Some members of the team have come from...unusual circumstances. For some of us, we only have the one life. Fortunately, it's generally a highly rewarding one.

[A brief pause.]

Generally.

[He'd be lying if he said it's always rewarding. The public hating your guts cuts into that a little bit, even though he takes a great deal of satisfaction in supporting his teammates.]