[ He glances up at her with an expression that implies he’s dealt with this way too many times already. She may not know much about metal bands or their names, but it’s still the sort of purposefully annoying response he’d expect from someone like Dustin. ]

Doesn’t matter. The metal is there in spirit. “Metal” as in…awesome, you know? Incredible. Brutal.

[ Eddie is the type of person who really didn’t do well in school. He’s always struggled with anything that doesn’t interest him, but he does hoard information he finds interesting, and he’ll be sure to file that one about the Hellfire Club away for a rainy day. ]

Was it? I mean, that’s news to me, but in my case? It’s just X-Men.