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In which Cable and Domino may or may not be very old teenagers; disguises are not Dani Moonstar’s strong suit; Empath remains awful; Shatterstar probably talks exactly like a telenovela; X-Force needs an office manager; Mothra is larger than most things; and if you get to choose between being an External or a Guthrie, always be a Guthrie.

X-PLAINED:

• Bastion, to some extent
• X-Force #34-37
• Optical disambiguation
• Moonstar
• Face tentacle semantics
• Sandwiches (again)
• The Richter family
• An entirely avoidable fight
• Some time-travel bullshit
• Hannigan Electronics
• An insecurity system
• Nimrods
• Things neural networks would probably do instead of murdering you
• Defining traits of the Externals
• Adoption, X-Factor style
• Wolverine: The Long Night

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