"Slap a circle of full cans of Morton Salt around it for good measure?" He chuckled, though his eyes weren't laughing. If anything was a threat, he definitely didn't want it around.

"Jury's still out. But I found out I have some pretty funky powers of my own not too long ago, so I'm hoping I can use the whole 'school' thing to my advantage. I'm guessing I'm probably kind of an odd man out in that regard, though. And some of it's still pretty freaky: like the arm backpack, you know? How 'bout you?"