Yeah, he'd just killed a beignet as they were speaking. Killed it as in crushed it in his hand, not eaten it.
It was only when she made it clear that her world sucked anyway that he relaxed a bit, opened his hand, and realized he'd pretty much destroyed what he was holding. He looked only slightly awkward as he brushed the crumbs off his hand, as if he knew it was an awkward moment and was just pretending it wasn't.
"Why is there even a difference? A mutant is a mutant is a mutant. It doesn't matter how they wound up that way and it doesn't make a difference if you were born with it or were changed into it. And whose bright idea was it to recruit them as an army? Just because someone is a mutant or has powers doesn't mean they'll be able to handle a fight, even if they're trained. That means you could be recruiting somebody that isn't cut out for anything more aggressive than being a preschool teacher. That's just stupid."
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It was only when she made it clear that her world sucked anyway that he relaxed a bit, opened his hand, and realized he'd pretty much destroyed what he was holding. He looked only slightly awkward as he brushed the crumbs off his hand, as if he knew it was an awkward moment and was just pretending it wasn't.
"Why is there even a difference? A mutant is a mutant is a mutant. It doesn't matter how they wound up that way and it doesn't make a difference if you were born with it or were changed into it. And whose bright idea was it to recruit them as an army? Just because someone is a mutant or has powers doesn't mean they'll be able to handle a fight, even if they're trained. That means you could be recruiting somebody that isn't cut out for anything more aggressive than being a preschool teacher. That's just stupid."