To her statement about he truly believed it, all she got was a small shrug. His story was written already. Simple as that. Sure, it was mostly a joke, because John knew he was so much more than the fire he left in his wake. Example, most didn't know he was an accomplished writer and were often surprised to learn that. Simple facts of his life before he joined the Brotherhood. As much as he was the villain of the story, he would acknowledge simple facts. Yes, he had a small anger issue, also yes he had done good things, but the bad out weighed the good. It was complicated being the bad guy.
There was a warm smile on his face while she explained that the clothes didn't make a person who they were, and there was no truer statement on that. "Speaking of clothes," Pyro purred. "You look very nice tonight." He kept his eyes on her to distract from the conversation at hand. "I mean, not as nice as me, but hard to compete with a tie and when you look this damn good." John teased lightly. It was absolutely liberating to be something that resembled normal here. Away from prying eyes and those who knew his true colors.
Bobby Drake. They probably would never see eye to eye, and that was fine. Pyro never wanted to be an X-Men, and that whole cup of tea was going to be hard pressed to convince him was worth it. But being a professor, leading the X-Men, seemed to fit Ms. Pryde from where Pyro was watching from the sidelines.
"Well, I'm just being me. Not like this place has a bank for me to rob." Luckily Pyro had the doors for that. Simply just able to go get what he needed. Hell the trip for this date, Pyro didn't even steal anything. He just... worked for some of it and paid for the rest. His first trip through the doors, he stole and robbed enough cash to last him in modern worlds for a bit. After all, he was still a villain... kinda. "It's a vacation if we make it that way. As long as we.." Have each other. "Make it what we want it to be, anything can be a vacation." A bright smile crossed his lips. "And I have no where to be, so I'm not going anywhere." Pyro commented happily.