"They're twins, like most Winathians are," Brainy says. "Ayla is the same age as Livewire."

He averts his eyes to the project he's working on.

"It...did affect us, yes. Not counting Apparition, who was exactly her namesake--Imra unwisely constructed a sophisticated mental illusion of her to keep Ultra Boy from being distressed and then maintained it for far too long as she was afraid of our reactions when we found out Tinya wasn't really with us--and also discounting Shikari, a native who joined us on the return trip, ten Legionnaires were cast into the Second Galaxy."

He doesn't look up from his work, but his expression grows somewhat darker.

"Only seven of us returned home."