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[inshiningarmor]

Greetings, my fellow foreigners. I trust thou art all well, even as the tender leaf hath turned and frost doth begin to touch this fair isle. I come to thee once more with a query, and I hope that there is even one among thee who might be able to provide me with an answer.

[ aaand he lifts what is definitely Captain America's shield, holding it up for the network to see. ]

On my final embarkment to the mainland, I came across this lying on the ground. I know that myself and others have been so fortunate as to find possessions from our own worlds scattered mysteriously across the wasteland, and verily, I found this shield to be at great odds with its surroundings. Might it belong to some resident of the city? It is a fine shield indeed, and its owner must be loathe to be missing it.

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[alpha_squad_leader]

No, I was born this way. [He rubs the back of his neck.] Mutants are just humans with special powers, not changed by magic.

[inshiningarmor]

I see.

[ Except it's clear from his face that he doesn't get it at all. He's trying, okay. ]

My apologies if I have caused some discomfort. I was merely curious. We have no such -- mutants, in my world.

[alpha_squad_leader]

It's alright. I'm used to the question by now.

[inshiningarmor]

Are they not commonplace in thy realm?

[alpha_squad_leader]

Questions about why I'm green? Sort of. I mean there aren't a lot of green people around so I used to get questions all the time from people I first met.

[inshiningarmor]

No, I meant -- mutants. Others like thyself. But I suppose that doth answer my question.

[alpha_squad_leader]

Oh, well there are other mutants. Not nearly as many as there used to be but there are others. Even among mutants, green people aren't common though.

[inshiningarmor]

[ oh no he's growing even more confused ]

So...other mutants, they look markedly different, then?

[alpha_squad_leader]

Most mutants look like any other person you'd see.

[inshiningarmor]

[ WHAT ]

Then how is it that they are mutants?

[alpha_squad_leader]

They have special powers. Like super speed or using sound waves to create light.

[inshiningarmor]

[ oh no wait HE GETS IT NOW ]

Ah! So they are sorcerers, then. Of course!

[ ...no. ]

[alpha_squad_leader]

[He shakes his head.]

No, there's no magic involved.

[inshiningarmor]

...Then I am afraid I do not understand. It is strange, how vastly different our worlds can be.

[alpha_squad_leader]

Yeah, things are pretty strange. Strange is kind of normal for me and people from my world.