 Reed deduces that if a person's DNA is sufficiently different from base humanity, the merging process doesn't work on them.A TV broadcast reveals that the superhumans who have merged (including Captain America and Iron Man) are subduing those who haven't (such as Ms. Marvel and Luke Cage) and that these dissidents, as well as those with physical handicaps and other such abnormalities, are being placed into "aboriginal reservations" so as they will not interfere with the merge.The group splits up to try to find some answers, all unsuccessfully.