Oh, I'm sure that it was nothing personal - it's just that aiding and abetting mutants that weren't sanctioned by the government kind of used to be frowned upon, you know?

[His smile is pleasant enough still, but there is a hint of a mocking edge to his voice nonetheless.]

Used to drive old Nico - that is to say, the Esar - spitting mad. The briefing files weren't very flattering, and suggested a number of ways of assassinating you, but the simple truth is that there was too much to lose on a mission like that. And there were more aggressive activists than you out there.