I remember everything that happened during it. I was mad. Took a T-gate to Earth and freaked out Kraylo. [One of the Kwai Navigators that navigated the team on many of their missions. The same one that had helped Grif get Rich away from the Heralds of Galactus.] And then I made my way to the lobby of the Neutrino News building. I was yelling. Can't even remember what I said. Smashed a receptionist's desk and set the damn thing on fire, but nobody got hurt. She'd already backed away.

But it was like I was just...watching. From down a tunnel.

[He tries to find a way to describe it.]

You ever have one of those dreams where you're trying to drive an out of control car or a ship from the backseat? You've got control, sure, but barely, and it's from a distance. Not quite just a passenger but definitely not the pilot.

[A pause.]

It wasn't mind control. I've felt that before. You know how it is, telepaths and people with mind control powers. I also got Borged by something like the mechanoforms, except the Phalanx left my intelligence, and warped who I was. More Locutus than Borg drone, you know?

I know what mind control feels like. It wasn't like that.