"It's a pretty stupid distinction," Nico agreed, politely ignoring the crumb-explosion of his beignet. "All the mutants I've met have been pretty much the same as everyone else. Normal kids, aggravating adults."

Snap-chrnch goes the other arm.

"I don't know who's dumb idea it was, our lair didn't exactly have cable news. And then we were on the run again when they came after us." She sneered. "Apparently, it's illegal to step in and try to stop a guy from murdering a couple cops, if you happen to have some ability or training or tool that makes you less likely to die in the process. Illegal to the point they almost killed us for it."

She couldn't say that she wouldn't have done it if she'd known. But she'd definitely had had Chase take Molly and gotten warm up the 'Frog.