For mutants, today was a day that ought to go down in history!
Alvin's "performance" yesterday had helped most of New York's mutants find a way forward...
The weaker mutants needed to be around others like themselves, but they also needed protection.
The Mutant Union could help them carve out a place for themselves in an already difficult society. At the very least, their bosses wouldn't dare fire them on a whim, out of consideration for the Union's lawyers...
The more capable mutants might have other ideas, but they still needed the Mutant Union's approval. Otherwise, they might find themselves unable to get anywhere in society...
After all, the head of the Mutant Union kept emphasizing that he was just an ordinary person. If you thought you were better than everyone else, you could imagine how that would end...
Of course, there were bound to be mutants who thought they should rule the world, like the ones who'd attacked Alvin. But Alvin didn't care about them.
There were plenty of ambitious people. If you waited until you had superpowers to pursue your ambitions, you probably wouldn't get far, even if you had what it took...
A man could spend half his life drooling over a bank without daring to act, or even coming up with a decent plan. Give him a gun, and all it would do was get him killed...
So ambition brought on by power was like a sandcastle, always liable to be washed away by the waves!
These people were no better than Hydra, which had lain dormant for more than half a century and nearly caused a major disaster...
There were plenty of organizations in this world that could teach these dimwits a lesson. Alvin didn't care about them...
After extorting the Queen of Asgard, Alvin