[ It's been a long time now, about a decade if he's going to put a number on it, since Steve's seen a speedster in action. Even then, his time with Pietro had been all too brief, and since then he's only had Wanda's stories when she was in the mood to reminisce.

So it's a hell of a thing to see it now, the way that Peter moves around the room so quickly Steve can't even track it — to the point that he can leave a can of soda suspended in the air and trust that he'll be back before it falls.

None of the names mean anything to him. Charles Xavier, Jean Grey, a School for Gifted Youngsters, the Professor. It doesn't ring a single bell.

But then Peter drops the word mutants, and that's enough to make it all click. Steve's back immediately straightens when he hears that. His conversation with Erik was almost a year ago now, but it had been a memorable one. ]

Yes, actually. [ He gives a quick shake of his head, as if to rid himself of his briefly stunned expression. ] There was another Summoned who told me about them. A man named Erik. He could reshape metal, that was his... mutation, I guess. [ He tilts his head, watching Peter closely. ] Do you know him?