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[sophielicious]

I can't understand how it would be, unless you're saying you not being that fucked up is the surprising part.

[kryptonix]

It's fucked up in general.

[ kell huffs. he knows he's not explaining it well. was this the superman part of him? ]

Nevermind. It doesn't matter.

[sophielicious]

Except it does. Talk to me, but from the top.

[kryptonix]

Fine.

[ kell crosses his arms. ]

I came from a war that never ended. With trillions of lives on the line. The worst of the worst.

And people don't have to deal with that. But they still do things like this. It's a waste.

[sophielicious]

Survival does a thing, it makes you focus on it. In a place where you have to think those things, I guess that nature pops up more.

It is.

[kryptonix]

Probably.

But I hate that.

[ and that's probably . . . superman's influence. or the legion's. he never cared. he can't say he does care.

but it rankles all the same. ]

[sophielicious]

I do too. I think if I told you about our stuff in-depth, you'd be... Well, worse off.

(It's mutant genocide after mutant genocide, after all.)

And I've been down a path of wanting to get revenge, too, but that doesn't help.

[kryptonix]

Probably not.

[ maybe he'll cross the line and more, when he finally faces imperiex. but. he hasn't yet. ]

Anyway that was the only thing on my mind.

[sophielicious]

(Okay, then what now. Does she hug him? Nah. For all she gives him shit for communication, she's also shit at it.

So, uh, pat pat on his massive back. There you go. She guesses.)

Well, yeah. That was kind of it, too. I guess I got all my list out. Congratulations, you're now X-Men-adjacent.

[kryptonix]

What the heck is an X-Men.

[sophielicious]

... Oh, God, uh, let's see.

Alright. Mutants equal X-Gene. That's what we all have that makes us different from humans. X-Men is basically our superhero group of mutants.

Ah, yeah, I can't not say it. Welcome to the X-Men, hope you survive the experience. Beautiful motto, hm?

[kryptonix]

[ why does every team have a dumb motto. ]

Sure. Magical.

[sophielicious]

Isn't it? I myself didn't get to it, I did not survive the experience. My sisters did. I'm a whole different team, go figure.

[kryptonix]

I'd ask how many teams but I get the feeling I'm going to hate the answer.

[sophielicious]

Several. Mutants are not all the powered people we have.

I'm NYX.

(Which he might recognize from her building, and her work in Etraya and all that.)

[kryptonix]

Everyone loves a team.

[sophielicious]

Yes, you strike me as a great team player, full of patience, just a peach.

[kryptonix]

Can't imagine what gave that away.

[sophielicious]

(Pffft. She's going to give him shit, but it's affectionate, she promises.)

You're self-aware enough, I'm sure you can answer for yourself.

[kryptonix]

It's all teamwork and feelings.

You'd think they'd get exhausted.

[sophielicious]

Why do you think I'm difficult? Imagine if you felt everyone's feelings and heard their thoughts all the time, there's no off button.

Telepathy makes you twelve times more exhausted of people than anything else.

[kryptonix]

[ hm. ]

You can't . . . turn it off?

[sophielicious]

The same way you can't turn off any of your senses. You can just, you know, redirect. I am not listening to what you're thinking, it's my background noise that I am ignoring, basically.

[kryptonix]

[ that makes sense. all his powers were physical and tightly controlled. ]

Got it. Like my super hearing.

[sophielicious]

I guess, but also, add empathy to it. I can also feel everything. I could smell what you do, feel your feelings, see through your eyes, feel your heartbeat, and all that great stuff. Your brain does and processes it, I can tap and do it.