"But you would be so easy to fall in love with," Evan murmured, seeing her blush and turning his own gaze toward the floor. "You're smart, and gentle, and kind, and pretty..."

He kind of tapered off at that, chewing on his lip.

"You... I could see a lot of people loving you. I..." He bit his lip again, hard.

He wasn't going to say it. She didn't need him crying at her because he was coming to realize that he had never really been loved. If Fantomex had loved him, he sure had a funny way of showing it. And everyone else he'd thought had... hadn't even been real.

"It... makes me very sorry that I'm not one of your people."