"One rampage and suddenly you're labeled society's greatest threat," Ryan shook his head. "If only they knew you, Jay-Jay." He gently nudged his "cousin" with his shoulder. The move, obviously, had no effect on Jay, given how slight Ryan was in comparison to him.

"You know. This talk about moms and stuff...we should have a Fantastic Family get-together. Get all the branches involved before school starts up again. We've never really been the summer barbecue type of family, I know, but..." sometimes family was nice. "Remi and Alexa have had a baby, you're starting college, Franklin's teaching the X-Men. It feels as though we all oughta catch up with each other over hot dogs and raspberry beer."