The milk and sugar went into Brooke's glass and stirred while Rachel poured her own tea by hand. The cup and saucer floated over to Brooke while the redhead added milk.

"Experience with someone like Pete? Not really. He is a very unique case. But one of the things that will be important in dealing with him is not to rush it. Time and patience, Brooke. He's not going to work on anyone's timetable but his own." She picked up her own tea cup. "Hasty decisions on his own part and his biological family's have only deepened his problems."

She took a sip. "I also think he's aware is mutation is very unique among us. So, it could be a situation where his uncomfortableness is raised due to being 'a freak among freaks.'"