[ Whale's expression jumps from nervousness to annoyance as Nick sits and watches, amused by this. He didn't want it to be that obvious that he was new. And yet, it seemed that there was no way escaping it. ]

Is it really vandalism if you didn't intend to do it? [ said with an eyeroll. ] If this place didn't force superpowers on me, then none of this- [ with a gesture to the smoking machine ] wouldn't have happened.