"I let loose a dungeon full of demons, and they granted me one wish," he shrugs.

He doesn't want to tell her what he almost wish for.

For his mother.

For Maureen.

For Pryde's own life, stuck in that bullet as she'd been.

"I bet Alistaire would jump up and down with at the idea of helping you figure out what's going on with your powers. And it'd give you a good excuse to catch up with him."

Al had been possibly more excited than Meggan at the prospect of Kitty coming back to London.

He sips his coffee as they walk down the street towards White Hall.