( This, she thinks, is very wise. Laura gets angry when she's scared, too — because being angry is easier. Defaulting to anger is what they taught the children in the facility, with the intent to manufacture rage. She understood that anger in John when she first met him; it felt normal. All of them had the same instinct for it.

That John was angry to cover up being scared would not surprise her, but what is he scared of? Not fire, not people, not authority. Himself? Or is he afraid of hurting, of feeling hurt? Perhaps like Logan, he thinks if he's angry and people leave him right away, he doesn't have to worry about them leaving him later? This isn't a conclusion she comes to just yet, but it will be something she thinks about tonight, and the next several nights — slowly forming the theory over time.

In the meantime, she's busy concentrating on the memory of Erik's arm, summoning it up in her mind. She'd stared at the digits hard enough, she ought to remember, but it was very long-- )

Two one four... seven... something, lo lamento, no sé. It was too many numbers, and it makes him sad to look at. I don't think he likes to show it very much.