Kevin Jordan:
"Thank you, aside from doing my part to protect life here, it would be nice to see space again. It is peaceful out there."
His right hand flexes slightly, showing the internal struggle far more than his face and words do. His thumb nervously scraping against the ring on his right ring finger. Lin thankfully distracts him.
"I understand, discovering something like that about yourself can be very difficult. If another time would be better, or talking to another representative I can accept that. Though for that meeting, I would like to get changed into something more concealing of my identity."
He does his best to just focus on Bella for a bit, the innocence of a child, the happiness. He missed that feeling. Taking a breath he looks towards Bill.
"Unlike my Mentor, I am known for my occasional slip up, especially when emotion comes into play. Growing up I spent a lot of time on a little farm just outside the limits of Smallville, Kansas." A soft breath is expelled as his thumbs moves away from the ring as if it cut him. "I was in Metropolis visiting, a very close friend, the day Uncle Kal fell defeating Doomsday. If I am going to up my training, I do need an answer."
He looks down to his left pectoral where beneath his shirt, a certain being sat in the shape of a dragon tattoo.
"From both of you. Sorry I have not spoken much to you, I have been used to walking this path on my own for some time."
Lin shook her head, and said
"It will be fine. Ethan just didn't want the person to find out the way he did, by receiving what would have been a fatal wound for a mortal. And yes, if you fall to the temptations you describe, one of us, at least, can make sure you are either contained or slain, although contained would be preferrred."
Meg nodded, and said gently to Kevin
"I might not seem like it, but I've got a lot of oomph if you really need it, and then there's the other side of the coin. If you get in a bad way, health wise, come to me. You won't share this with everyone, but I can heal. I can make anyone else heal like I do, and even though I am not an Immortal, I regenerate to a degree that is frightening to some. That's why I don't do so much hero work anymore, really, too many chances for that secret to get out and bite me again."
Bella looked up at Kevin, and with the innocence of a child, she unwound from Meg, changing back into her little solid self, and held her hands out to him, floating chest-high, and said simply
"Up?" Asking him to hold her, offering him that trust as only an innocent child can, and at the same time, giving him the comfort of being a human, of touch and contact with another human.
His friend on his chest answered softly
"Being here to offer you advice and guidance means I can observe and learn more of what you need when I watch, and I let you think to ask ME when you want that help. Otherwise the student grows to resent the teacher."