[The mature thing to do would be to apologize. Quentin's probably older than this Scott Summers by a few years, and this Scott actually acts like a kid instead of a stuffy 40-year-old stuck in a kid's body. There's an obvious adult in this conversation, and that adult should be Quentin.]

Jeez, it was a joke. Grow a sense of humor, why don't you? [Quentin is not the adult. Quentin is never the adult. Quentin Quire lets intrusive thoughts win every time, and if anybody doesn't like how he chooses to live his life they can suck an egg! And no, this isn't him overcorrecting because he feels bad about freaking out a kid so shut up.]

You think I'd optic blast hell without making sure nobody would get hurt? [Yes.] Please. Being looked at to death is not how I plan on going out, thank you very much.