"Yeah, I'm just a convenient punching bag if I allow it. Which I'm not going out of my way to do. Inertia remembers Impulse, and I haven't been him in years."

And that's part of what he hopes will make the difference, eventually. "I only mentioned him to the people who I'd really talked about him with. Or who have prior history. Otherwise, I hope he's just going to...find his way."