19: Shen Li (Shen Li Post)

Shen grinned at the response to the awning. "I guess you're right, but he probably didn't even think about it from that perspective. Unless he wanted to shield his activities from me." He had thought that it was about his nighttime screen work, forgetting that it could have been about keeping him from seeing things.

Back in the room, he looked at his unpacked gear. "Think I got rid of the awning, since I didn't know the shape of the desk, and it was sort of juryrigged."

He didn't have mirrored thoughts to Min concerning the school. He knew that Xavier's people were looking for Martin, not because he was kidnapped, but because he was a mutant, but it had not occurred to him that their turning to him had to do with their mission. Shen was keenly aware that his parents moved heaven and earth to shield him from reality. It was a disservice that he was beginning to recognize the effects of.