"I tend to destroy my apartment, when it gets that bad." Barring that, there were other things he did that Peter didn't need to know about. Or at least not directly, as he offered, "You're seeing someone that heals," before glancing down at the table, almost embarrassed. Violent sex was as good an outlet as any.

He was silent for a moment after that, considering the wood of the table, as if it were the most interesting thing in the world, and then slowly, he raised his eyes. "You shouldn't have a problem with Adam and Claire, though. You already know how their powers work." And he'd found through spending time with Adam after he'd taken his power that the ticking sounded different, somehow. No where near as obnoxious or as driving as it had been before.

"But there are days with Suresh where ... " He stopped short, trying to find a way of putting it. "Where anything he says to me is automatically the wrong answer. On days like that, I avoid him. It's the best I've been able to come up with."