Em waited until John was back at the grill to answer. "My cousin and I got out of the States before things got really bad there." Before they knew they were mutants, actually. "We were doing okay until the Brotherhood tried to take us to Genosha. That's when Excalibur rescued us and took us to the village where we could be safe..er." And there was a good chance most of that meant nothing to him. "Excalibur's mostly former X-Men, but with the approval of the British government. They had to go public after saving London and Edinburgh and a few other places."