She, ah. She's not his grandmother, or anything like that.
[ He clears his throat. ]
A little... too young.
[ Is he embarrassed? Bragging? He can't even tell. He rubs the back of his neck. ]
It's a small population, and we tend to keep to ourselves. Sex is complicated enough when we all know that we have these abilities, even for those of us who look human. Getting into relationships with humans is fraught. I was involved with Charles. And then his sister. Those... overlapped. [ He winces. ] And then I went to prison and she got pregnant and the baby... [ He trails off. ] Our mutation is carried in our genes. And I can't teleport, neither can she. Neither of us have tails. But there was another man in our organization who had these traits. And here I am on this island with that son. Except he doesn't know who his parents are.
no subject
[ He clears his throat. ]
A little... too young.
[ Is he embarrassed? Bragging? He can't even tell. He rubs the back of his neck. ]
It's a small population, and we tend to keep to ourselves. Sex is complicated enough when we all know that we have these abilities, even for those of us who look human. Getting into relationships with humans is fraught. I was involved with Charles. And then his sister. Those... overlapped. [ He winces. ] And then I went to prison and she got pregnant and the baby... [ He trails off. ] Our mutation is carried in our genes. And I can't teleport, neither can she. Neither of us have tails. But there was another man in our organization who had these traits. And here I am on this island with that son. Except he doesn't know who his parents are.
[ He's quiet a moment. ]
I'm never going back.