"Cyclops and Emma Frost are in charge of the X-Men now, so things are different. Ororo runs the school though and she is very nice, very wise. She's amazing." she said softly. She genuinely respected Storm, both her wisdom and her gentleness and then there was the level of control the woman needed to maintain her powers' control. "She's kind of.. I dunno.. zen. It's always nice being around her, like sitting near a babbling brook or.. that sounds really lame, sorry." She chuckled and shook her head. "Shouldn't offer it like that since the only people I've met so far are you, a doctor and an unconscious guy."
"You mean you aren't ripe yet? How big are they gonna grow you before they cut you off the vine, geeze.." she laughed though and poked at his arm with a fingertip. "You painted these yourself then? Wow." she cooed and started to stroll around, more interested in his paintings than in the layout of his apartment, though the idea of getting an apartment rather than a room was pretty appealing. "You think they'll take me on the team?"
She accepted the root beer with a smile, "Thanks." then she thought about it, ruffling the back of her head gently, "Uhh.. yeah, kind of, I had a packet of poptarts this morning. I didn't really want to go sneaking around and it was all I had in my bag."