"Not quite so odd a question," Illyana said, although another smirk graced her features when she said it. The topic of her age was still a matter of debate at home. "About 19," she offered, after thinking a moment. Really, she should be about 11 or 12, all things considered, but thanks to Belasco, she'd missed those years, at least the way most people experienced them. "Why, how old are you?" she asked. He didn't seem that far off from her age, maybe a little older. It was hard to tell. Shan didn't seem that much older than her, either, and Rahne didn't seem quite as much younger as she really was.
"I can think of several people who'd have the ability to do this," she said, her expression darkening. That crazy Mojo thing, for one, the one who'd kidnapped Betsy Braddock a few years back, and who'd held Rachel Summers hostage as well. That thought had her tense again. What if it was Mojo, and they were stuck in some sick reality show of his, on some crazy inter-galactic cable channel? The more Connor described the place, the more likely it sounded, at least to her mind. Torture, trying to kill, then a happy feast for surviving, like the prize in a game show? Definitely like Mojo. She'd slaughter him if it turned out he was behind this.
Illyana's mood lightened again at Connor's delight in there being real stores. She nodded, grinning now, and pointed down the street. "Just that way, about two up from where we are," she said. And she nodded at his description of Gambit. "He's not that creepy," she said, feeling a token need to defend someone from home. "He...he's from my home, but in my future, I think. Knows some of the same people I do. And no, you couldn't take him." She had no idea what Gambit's actual powers were, but if he'd been an X-Man, there was no way a regular human like Connor would be able to win against him in a fight. "No offense, or anything, I just know the type of people he'd have hung out with."
She looked down the street toward the shops again. Maybe she'd missed something she could fit into when she'd come looking yesterday. "So, wanna go see what we can find before we hit up this Carnival, wherever it is?"