Sometimes, Stephen wishes very very much that he was better at lying.
And he's overreacting, surely? the more logical (it's extensive!) part of his brain objects. Could be a completely different alternate: it's more likely, he reasons, than that one specific version should show up. Could be that Nathan has the same power as Gabriel, or a similar one. Could be that this is a parasitic alien creature which infects humans, stealing first their abilities and then their forms until the misappropriated body falls apart and another must be sought. These are all possibilities!
"I... suppose it's a pointless question whether you have a mutant ability?" he manages. "Besides flight?"
His sense of self-preservation, let him show you it.
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Sometimes, Stephen wishes very very much that he was better at lying.
And he's overreacting, surely? the more logical (it's extensive!) part of his brain objects. Could be a completely different alternate: it's more likely, he reasons, than that one specific version should show up. Could be that Nathan has the same power as Gabriel, or a similar one. Could be that this is a parasitic alien creature which infects humans, stealing first their abilities and then their forms until the misappropriated body falls apart and another must be sought. These are all possibilities!
"I... suppose it's a pointless question whether you have a mutant ability?" he manages. "Besides flight?"
His sense of self-preservation, let him show you it.