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[Serenes did her good. The absolute peace and quiet in her mind, well, that went away. But the rest perked Rogue up a bit. Enough that she can, at least, address her fellow kidnap victims about something fairly insignificant.]

So, we're from a lot of different worlds, right? That's what I've noticed at least.

That's got me curious.

What're the "milestone" birthdays where y'all are from?

[This has nothing to do with her own upcoming birthday. Nope. Or with using a fairly benign topic to announce her presence to certain people.]

Like. Where I'm from--

You've got sixteen, which means you can drive.
Eighteen's a big deal, even though, y'know, not much y' really get. I mean, buyin' cigarettes an' votin', but that ain' really a big deal.
Then there's twenty-one, legal drinkin' age.

Anybody else got big ones? 'M just curious 'bout the differences in worlds, y'know?

[For the Spades, she's around. Keeping busy, paying close attention to how to work the sails and everything else. The same pep that was in her step on Serenes is gone, but she's also not completely skulking about like she was after Stela and before that.]

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E-especially... back there. Stela.

I needed to be there. I couldn't let that continue.

Yeah. That... that kinda thing? It has t' be stopped.

'Specially with the whole... People with powers goin' after other people with powers? We gotta stick t'gether, not be turnin' 'gainst each other.

Or going after people who are different.

That's what's happenin' where I'm from. People're comin' after mutants. Like me an' my team.

Mutants.

[She's never heard that word before.]

That's not a very nice-sounding word.

It ain' bad.

[Technically. But, well, that isn't something she wants to talk about.]

It's jus' a term for someone with different abilities.

People are always afraid of what they don't understand.

They are. An' we're... We're s'posed t' show 'em we're better. Y'know. Not let 'em provoke us t' fightin', not use our powers against 'em, things like that.

But damn if it ain' hard sometimes.

I know how you feel, and I don't even have any special powers...

But you're a mermaid.

I'll bet that's different enough for some people, huh? T' go after you, I mean.

...Y-yeah.

A young mermaid is worth a lot of money on the slave market.

That's disgusting.

My professor... He tries t' teach us that everyone matters. That we need t' show mercy. But... I can' help but think some people deserve t' die.

Like those slavers.

No. Maybe captured, put away so they can't hurt people, but never die. No one deserves that.

You put 'em away, you run the risk of them gettin' out.

Seen the same prisoner escape twice in 'bout a year span, an' from a pretty good prison, too. Came after th' professor t' kill 'im both times.

...The moment I stop valuing a person's life is the day I'm no better than they are.

That's how Professor Xavier -- my teacher -- thinks too.

He sounds like a smart man.

He's a very good man.

I bet.

[Though part of her thinks Rogue should have payed more attention to his lectures...]

Maybe I can meet him, some day.

[Rogue knows exactly what Xavier (and most of the team) would think about her killing the Sands.

And about just being shaken that she didn't care more.]

He'd like you.

You think he'd teach me, too?

[She didn't have any superpowers, but she wouldn't say no to a chance to listen someone who professionally teaches people to be strong.]

Prob'ly. Though you seem t' know most of what he teaches us.

The school he runs is 'bout teachin' those of us with powers t' control 'em. But even if you weren't a student, he'd like talkin' t' ya. An' he might be able t' teach you, still, too.

[She already knew. That was a statement Keimi didn't hear often.]

I don't really have any special powers, but I'd love to hear what he could tell me.

Those bubbles ain' somethin' everyone can do, y'know.

Really? They're pretty common back home. It's how all merfolk get around outside of water.

[Though she uses military-grade bubbles when fighting, and her application of them has been a bit... creative, lately.]

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