[ Erik listens without expressing any kind of judgment or other emotional reaction. It does sound very different from the X-Gene, but it could be some sort of propaganda on the part of human supremacists. ]
You've seen this happen, just as you've described it to me?
[ Of all the worlds that the other residents call home, only a small fraction know the word "mutant" as he does. Nearly all of them know humans, even those who have never heard of Earth itself. It is disconcerting. It's possible that mutants just did not evolve in those places. Or it could be that they are treated even more brutally than Erik has seen.
It could be that they have been exterminated entirely. ]
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You've seen this happen, just as you've described it to me?
[ Of all the worlds that the other residents call home, only a small fraction know the word "mutant" as he does. Nearly all of them know humans, even those who have never heard of Earth itself. It is disconcerting. It's possible that mutants just did not evolve in those places. Or it could be that they are treated even more brutally than Erik has seen.
It could be that they have been exterminated entirely. ]