[He feels a stab of guilt— of course she'd be startled by an outburst like that— but he doesn't apologize. He should, but he doesn't.
Reminders. That's a better way of looking at it. It settles him, a little.]
You've got a lot. [He should probably also feel guilty for lobbing it back at her, but...] Are they— like you? People from your [he tries to remember the more precise term she used for it, and gives up] school?
[He still doesn't really like the word 'mutant,' but he understands it better now, seeing them lined up like that.]
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Reminders. That's a better way of looking at it. It settles him, a little.]
You've got a lot. [He should probably also feel guilty for lobbing it back at her, but...] Are they— like you? People from your [he tries to remember the more precise term she used for it, and gives up] school?
[He still doesn't really like the word 'mutant,' but he understands it better now, seeing them lined up like that.]