"Dey let de future 'ead o' de T'ieves Guild become an X-Man. 'ell, dey even let former terrorists join! So if I wanted membership, I got a shot." Alisa shrugged her shoulders. "Might be nice if I did become one, I'll admit dat. But dere are places in de City dat could use my 'elp more. De X-Men can' be everywhere at once. Nor can any oder team."

"As for my wardrobe, chere, unless you wanna go on a shoppin' trip wit' me for new duds... it's gonna stay as is." Her face softened a little. "Look, I don' wanna be an enemy, Brooke. I know I gotta work 'ard to earn people's trust here. But it ain' gonna deter me. I'm jus' gonna work hard like I should. An' ... I'm sorry we got off on de wrong foot. I really gotta work on dat, too."