( It is very thoughtful of him to take a knee — he's quite a tall man, and she is not so tall herself. Four feet of waifish, deceptively slight nothing. She's used to having to crane her head back to talk to adults, particularly taller ones. Most of them don't bother to kneel.
She doesn't smile, but there's something slightly lighter around her mouth, around her eyes, at the gesture.
The first question earns a slow nod. The second a soft; )
Not many. Only two, I think, but some people here are strange.
( They can do things, but they don't call themselves mutants. They aren't human, either. Kerym, for example, has purple skin and can do magic, but says she isn't a mutant. It's getting harder for Laura to understand where the line is drawn, save for when it's someone from the same world as her. That makes it a little easier.
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She doesn't smile, but there's something slightly lighter around her mouth, around her eyes, at the gesture.
The first question earns a slow nod. The second a soft; )
Not many. Only two, I think, but some people here are strange.
( They can do things, but they don't call themselves mutants. They aren't human, either. Kerym, for example, has purple skin and can do magic, but says she isn't a mutant. It's getting harder for Laura to understand where the line is drawn, save for when it's someone from the same world as her. That makes it a little easier.
Curiosity compels her to ask: )
What can you do?