[ Luckily for Bucky, Rogue has a very strict idea of what she considers rude, and asking an innocent question doesn't meet those criteria, not by a long shot. Actually, considering what she just came from, the idea that anyone could not know what a mutant is-- Well, it makes her laugh. It's quiet and born more from relief than anything else, but it's very much still a laugh. ]
(Well, that solves the mystery then. Definitely not from the same place. Mutants are all anyone's talked about in my world for decades.)
[ She takes a moment to compose herself before that laughter turns bitter, settling her emotions as best she can before giving him the explanation he'd asked for. ]
(Mutants are humans born with a genetic difference that grants them special abilities or physical mutations. Reading minds, manipulating the weather, accelerated healing, blue fur, teleportation... The possibilities were endless and there was no telling what someone would end up with.)
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( Well, that solves the mystery then. Definitely not from the same place. Mutants are all anyone's talked about in my world for decades. )
[ She takes a moment to compose herself before that laughter turns bitter, settling her emotions as best she can before giving him the explanation he'd asked for. ]
( Mutants are humans born with a genetic difference that grants them special abilities or physical mutations. Reading minds, manipulating the weather, accelerated healing, blue fur, teleportation... The possibilities were endless and there was no telling what someone would end up with. )