[ He gives him a little relieved smile to hear that he's managed to make connections here. With the way everyone is spread out and divided, it's not so easy to reach them.

As for what he did... ]

Back home I helped run a resistance group. We took in people like me, and tried to fight against their persecution. It fell apart, and we were just talking about rebuilding when I came here.

[ That's really putting a rosy spin on it. It isn't easy to start over from nothing, especially not a second time, and their only major success involved taking down other mutants. ]

I have a daughter. We wanted more for her.