"A single sling ring portal, even over those distances, is nothing," Billy counters. See, he's doing proper spells now, with the proper costs and reserving his other magic. They're Omega Levels, they have to respect what they can do. How they can fuck up reality, and the costs that comes with.

Tommy finishes packing a lot faster than Billy does, and soon it's Billy pacing with a nervous energy too, looking sorta scared as he mumbles to himself under his breath in Krakoan.

"My real question," he observed, "is how this kid's powers could be so bad that they need our help?"

"Need our help with what?" David asked, coming into the dome and looking TIRED. X-Factor had been out for days confirming a missing mutant hadn't actually been killed, just captured. They'd only just returned, and he looked ready to fall over.

"Why do you both have packs?"