"They'd be better if you were there," he answered her idle thought with a wry smile before his mouth straightened into a hard line. "I haven't told them where you've gone this time. I'm certain a few would understand, but others, like Ororo and Logan... I'm not sure they would. So I've kept quiet about it and let them believe its just another one of your trips. And like one of your trips, I am hopeful you will come home again."