"Course I missed you," He chuckled, folding his arms. "Not like metas keep popping up every day around here." Yeah, he knew the term was 'mutant' in Oli's world, but 'meta' just rolled off the tongue better. Or maybe that was just his own bias showing there.

At the mention of his scent, Tom manages a wry smile. "Darn," He laughs, "I thought I hid it well with the citrus. Maybe I should make it stronger before class today?" One of these days, it'd probably get him - and he knew it, after just about everyone lectured him on it - but at the moment, he was pretty content with his life just about the way it is.