Luca retreated to the safety of his space the moment he met with that dagger-like leg that could've swiped to the side of his head had it not been impaled into the seat.
There couldn't have been a faster 'nope' than that. And while Luca felt sad to let go of the newly scattered corrupted goo, he also knew that he had to rethink his approach.
His heart thundered at the memory of being that close to being impaled as he only really practiced taking blows from someone's fists and not something that resembled a cold weapon!
By the time he got back, Xavier was still passed out but was thankfully breathing, and Luca wondered if he had been like that when he first used the pill.
"Master, Sir? What happened to your hair?" Sid couldn't help but ask because, whether he liked it or not, whether the guy was a supervillain or something worse, this person was now his master, too.