[ he nods slowly, tapping his finger against her chin once more before he lets his hand drop away but he stays close to her, eyes flicking up to their still joined hands. ]
I'm a mutant. [ it's one of the things he's been keeping from her because he hadn't known how she'd react. but with this confession from her, he doubts that she'll have a problem with it. there might be curiosity on her end just as there is on his but he can't see her being disgusted like so many other people in his life have been. ]
It's not something I can really show you — [ save for his blood which, all things considered, is probably something they should wait on. ] — but I was born with a something called an X gene. It gave me...that ability I've told you about before.
[ the light from his hands, that is. ] But it also meant a lifetime of people thinking it made me...something I'm not.
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[ he nods slowly, tapping his finger against her chin once more before he lets his hand drop away but he stays close to her, eyes flicking up to their still joined hands. ]
I'm a mutant. [ it's one of the things he's been keeping from her because he hadn't known how she'd react. but with this confession from her, he doubts that she'll have a problem with it. there might be curiosity on her end just as there is on his but he can't see her being disgusted like so many other people in his life have been. ]
It's not something I can really show you — [ save for his blood which, all things considered, is probably something they should wait on. ] — but I was born with a something called an X gene. It gave me...that ability I've told you about before.
[ the light from his hands, that is. ] But it also meant a lifetime of people thinking it made me...something I'm not.