The Threat of a KRYPTONIAN

The twelfth floor in the Tribeca District that Henry originally kept for himself had two new tenants: Pietro Maximoff and Lorna Dane. The rent... well, wasn't to be expected anytime soon.

Since someone was seriously moving in, it was no longer suitable to keep it looking like a raw, unfinished apartment. So, together with Quicksilver, he spent a few days decorating the new home.

That basically meant painting, adding some essential furniture, and completing the kitchen and bathroom equipment. Of course, Henry created another BB core robot to take care of this new home, even though he had no plans to move in himself yet.

The task that took a little time was going back to the basement of Quicksilver's home with him to move his things to New York.

He thought that when the forty-seven-year-old big kid left home, Quicksilver would have a reluctant and tearful parting with his mother.

... Well, let's put it this way. Quicksilver's mother's performance was only a little more reserved than the monks in the opening of Jim Carrey's film Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, when they learned that the protagonist was finally leaving.

It seemed his mother had also suffered from Quicksilver for a long time, and might throw a party with the neighbors the next day to celebrate.

Yet this version of Quicksilver was used to being thick-skinned. Even though he felt a bit reluctant when leaving home, he forgot all about it the moment he turned around. Watching him joyfully decorating his own room, it was no wonder he and that old lady were mother and son.

Henry ignored this guy and went to busy himself with things elsewhere.

Lorna Dane's personal items at her aunt's house in Atlanta would be shipped over by Lorin soon. Still, basic items like