"I know -- I see it. Asgard tried to take parts of us, but in the end you don't get to put any side away. Meaning my friend is still here. I just want you to come home." He reaches for John impulsively, then realizes he doesn't know how the heat retention works and he might burn the crap out of his hand. Sophie is still glowing off to the side, after all. "We do," he corrects himself, eyes hopeful.

It's not like they haven't all had their nature revealed even without their abilities. Connor murdered Sophie. She killed her friends. Pyro was still an arsonist but John, the person at the core, is the one that Connor loves. Pyro is a part of the whole, just like the Destroyer is always going to be part of Connor. If anything he's the worst of them, he thinks to himself -- he just tries really hard.