No one wants to see a moose, Scott regrets seeing one up close once during a really harsh winter. They're cool but terrifying and bigger than cars. John wouldn't be the first person nor the last to think Charles' has less than honest intentions. He's sure the government did at some point as well but the man managed to prove to them that he honestly wanted to help the kids. They were his family now too, just as much as Raven and Hank were.

"A mutant. Someone born with an extra gene that gives you random set of powers once it gets active, usually during puberty." He looks over his shoulder at John and taps the side of his glasses. "My powers are in my eyes, that's why I need those. I can emit red beams of concussive force. They're a pain in the ass."

Not lasers, he adds mentally, but keep that to himself as he adds more bacon to the frying pan.