Mono would probably tell Illyana she was the best, at least for him, at this whole thing than most. But perhaps it helped that they could see similar perspectives and had experiences that most would not consider the norm for their childhoods. It made her a safe person to speak to, and he looked up to her quite a bit.

The boy nodded though, his unsteady smile having gotten a little less practiced in the time he was gone… But he did make the attempt, because she had. This was perhaps one thing that wasn’t terribly hard for him to grasp the idea of what she meant when she spoke… Power could corrupt, and he knew just how bad it could get now. And being scared of yourself and what you could do… Well, he nodded with a serious little expression. “Yeah, I wanna learn together and figure stuff out.” Because maybe between the two of them, they could. And at least if it got out of hand, he could trust her to make sure it didn’t get too bad.

“You can tell me when you wanna, though, and where I should go?” Because that seemed important, adults did have things to do after all!