New Mutants #8

Synopsis Julian Keller, Joshua Foley, Victor Borkowski, and Santo Vaccarro are all playing Frisbee in the front lawn of the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning. They discuss the events of last issue where Julian and Joshua disturbed the mentally unstable New Mutant Magma, by healing her from her come before her mind was ready. The kids do not believe they had done anything wrong and contemplate changing their advisors from their current strict disciplinarians to someone "cool" like Emma Frost. During their game, Santo throws the Frisbee over too far and Julian uses his telekinesis to retrieve it. Near the gate Julian notices a homeless girl looking for refuge. Julian turns her away, commenting about her need for a "bath and soap". *Girl: "Canttakea bath. Electricity. Water. Bad. Let meinplease."* *Julian Keller: "Sorry. This is a private school, not the Salvation Army."* The girl disappears in a flash of electricity as Josh approaches. Josh is upset that he turned her away, but Julian wants Parents Week to be presentable. Although neither of the boys have parents participating in the event, Julian wants to ensure their detention duty doesn't go wrong so they will not get into further trouble. Meanwhile, Danielle Moonstar decides to introduce Karma to the kids new hangout, the Grind Stone--and more importantly, its owner, Luna dePaula, trying to play matchmaker between Karma and Luna. Karma finds it slightly offensive, but there is no harm done between the two long-time friends. Back at the Parents Week reception, David is shown touring his parents his room and introduces them to his roommate, Josh. When Mrs. Alleyne realizes Josh's parents weren't attending, she offers him to join them but David boldly refuses, still obviously bitter about Josh's time with the mutant-hunting team the Reavers before he found out that he, too, was a mutant. *David Alleyne:: "You know what, Mom? Josh doesn't need to be reminded that his own parents can't stomach him being a mutant."*...