Ferro picked up a little on what was unsaid. He was good at that, at understanding how other people felt. He knew his friends always liked that about him, because he cared about their feelings.

Maybe he wasn't really the smartest in a lot of ways but he was kind of smart in that.

"We were lucky," he said. "That even despite the bad we did while we were Blighted, people didn't forget who we really are. Afterwards, people were grateful some of the team saved us all from the Blight. And mostly everyone just felt bad for us."

All of them had struggled. Losing part of the team in the rift accident afterward, caused by the Blight's damage to the stargate, had hurt them even more and gotten them even more sympathy. It was a year before the team of Lost Legionnaires came back, and they'd still come back without Livewire, Element Lad, and Monstress. Of the three of them, they'd only gotten Livewire back in the long run.

"If a lot of people forgot the real you, it must be hard. I know some of them were trying not to. Like Superman. He said really nice things at your funeral. But, you know, he's Superman. Not everyone is as forgiving as him. Not everyone can see things the way they are."