It's still a bit jarring to be addressed as "Arvin" by a relatively new aquaintance and a young man - even Sark after three years hadn't gone there, and Weiss had, well, tried and withdrawn after one look - but it fits with the new life he tries to create here. This Arvin Sloane is not a leader. For his part, Sloane would have called Scott "Summers" if their positions had been reversed - much like Marcus Dixon had always been "Dixon" during ten years of working together, and had only become Marcus when telling Arvin, on Arvin's way to being executed, he had prayed for him, for that one exchange -, Vaughn was Vaughn and Weiss was Weiss, but Scott was the head of the school and had offered first names during their initial interview.

Though right now, his whole demeanour screamed "troubled young man in need of a mission".

"Challenging," he replied, coming in. "Which is what I hoped for."

There had been that incident with Logan, but it actually rated as less challenging than the being locked up with ten to fifteen adolescent Marshalls and Sarks, because that kind of powerplay was ever so familiar, save for the self healing.