Baxter Building, Sean's residence.
Reed sat on the sofa, his face full of anxiety, and accepted the coffee Mindy brought him. In front of outsiders, this little girl with severe violent tendencies still maintained an adorably well-behaved image.
"I'm going to do my homework." The little girl spoke softly, then trotted back to her room in her princess dress.
"Your cousin is so sensible. It's rare for a child her age not to make a fuss." Reed took a sip of coffee, and the restlessness in his heart gradually settled.
Sean merely smiled at the praise. Only someone who had truly witnessed Mindy's nature would know just how troublesome this seemingly cute little girl could be. He received tearful complaints from the dean of students almost every week, but thanks to his generous educational donations, the school had chosen to turn a blind eye.
"I didn't expect you to be discharged so soon." Sean looked at the hurried Reed and already knew why he had come.
By now, Reed and the others had surely discovered the abnormalities in themselves. Being exposed to an energy storm in outer space and bombarded by high-energy particle streams had not left them entirely unaffected.
"Sean, um, have you recently... felt any discomfort anywhere?" Reed asked hesitantly, like a clumsy doctor.
He truly found it difficult to say it aloud. He remembered the confident assurances he had made before, only for such an accident to happen now. His miscalculation had caused the Space Station to be destroyed by the energy storm and had even triggered abnormal reactions in his companions' bodies.
"No." Sean shook his head. "I had the Red Queen perform a full medical examination. There's no excessive radiation in my blood, and all my vital signs are normal."
"Though I wouldn't mind waking