“You don’t gotta be sorry. You’re just telling me the truth, right? That’s better than pretending.” He responded finally with a little shake of his head, still frowning lightly at the idea. He really would have hated to be lied to, especially by one of the adults he actually trusted and looked up to here. It would have made it harder to accept what she told him for a start, and it would have hurt as well.

Mono took a deep breath, though. That was at least helpful to hear that Illyana didn’t think he would cause things like that here. She would know best, after all. Probably better than most people, in his opinion. That said… The boy fussed with his coat again slightly. Even if he was safe here, even if people were safe from him, that didn’t mean it would stay that way. Especially when he didn’t know how to really control his abilities, or how the signal he gave off worked fully. If it could be shut off or not…

So he glanced up with a serious expression. “I… That’s good… But I should still try to make sure it can’t, right…? Like figure out how what I do works better and if I can um… Turn it off?” He explained, taking the explanation on a slightly winding path. “Do you think… Do you think you could help me figure it out?” He wasn’t sure who else to ask exactly, considering how things worked and how awkward he sometimes felt talking about his world to people who had experienced… more normal places… Illyana at least had some idea, and Mono believed she would stop him if it came to it.