Sue gave Ben back something he had accepted that he'd never regain - his humanity. He swung his arms open and gave her a big hug that had been months overdue. "I'm just happy to have ya back Susie."
Reed was doing the Stretch thing and Johnny was talking big again. "This ain't a game, Flamebrain! Herbie, play the video I told ya never ta play." His fantasticomm had recorded his fights during the Contest of Champions and the video in question was Ben being beaten within an inch of his life by a souped up Ronan - his rocky orange body was broken and cracked inside and out in ways that he'd never been beaten and to this day he'd never been beaten so badly.
"I was the last one of us standin' and it took everything I had to beat that big palooka! Hopefully now ya see what kinda monster wants a grudge match with us!"