That is a big question. With how long he's been working on his story, it makes me wonder if this is all just the current stable of authors having fun and playing with the toys before putting them back where they need to be for Hickman to use them how he wants them.
This could all be table setting to get the books and characters where Hickman wants them to be.
Hard to have an endgame when most of your friends and family are that, while your people are on their way to a manufactured extinction.
Apart from the whole BS speech about not killing those bigots, this was a fine issue. Logan trying to avenge Scott, Hope becoming what everyone would expect from her given the circumstances, Cyclops and Dani hugging (warmed my heart like few things in comics do, not gonna lie).
Dank's banter doesn't bother me, but I wish we'd have a bit more of a view on what that asshole is planning. Also, that last page wasn't really worthy of being a cliffhanger. At least now we know Scott is not weaker, his blasts are just too strong for a single eye, but still, nerfed again because Cyclops was made to suffer. Hope's speech on how him coming back instead of Nathan must have stung. Things are looking bad for my boy.
I think Scott has a plan in mind, but he is still gathering the pieces together while trying to make sure things don't get worse.
This everything is your fault Cyclops tune is really getting old. Can’t wait to see how they spin Hope shooting him in the head to be his fault to. Seriously enough with this Charlie Brown Cyclops bullshit.
Bishop was right
The problem is that to link this story with Age of X-Man, Scott has nowhere to start. They have to find the Life Seed that was left on the beach and we do not know who has it. Scott does not even know that he has to find the Life Seed.
We know that someone had to pick it up because Scott and Kid Cable went and they did not find it (I do not think it was there but they did not see it).
Who can have it?
Emma? Xavier? Sinister?