Repack — Xforce 2021

“You know why they deleted me?” he asked, not turning around. “Because my power isn’t telepathy. It’s transference . I don’t read minds. I swap my pain for theirs.”

On the unit’s cracked screen, a name pulsed: . A telepath so minor, so unstable, that Xavier had deleted him from the resurrection queue a decade ago. He’d died during the Mutant Massacre—but his psychic echo had lived on, trapped in the circuits. xforce 2021

Before Quentin could deploy his diamond shroud, the clone detonated his own skull. The psychic feedback didn’t kill Quentin—but it scrambled his memories for 4.7 seconds. Long enough for another John to step from the shadows and plant a kiss on his forehead. “You know why they deleted me

“So stop,” Domino said. “We’ll give you a real grave. A monument. Your name on the Quiet Wall. No more copies. No more ghosts.” I don’t read minds

Domino put a hand on his shoulder. “Weren’t we all?”