So not like her, then. That's disappointing, even though it really shouldn't be. There aren't many like her to begin with, not anymore, so for another of them to end up here...
"Mostly. My people call ourselves Inhumans," she answers without hesitation, the words flowing easily. She's given this explanation a hundred times to so many people that the familiarity is almost comforting. "We're part of a small percentage of the population with a dormant alien gene mixed into our DNA. There's a chemical compound that activates this gene, giving us unnatural abilities."
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"Mostly. My people call ourselves Inhumans," she answers without hesitation, the words flowing easily. She's given this explanation a hundred times to so many people that the familiarity is almost comforting. "We're part of a small percentage of the population with a dormant alien gene mixed into our DNA. There's a chemical compound that activates this gene, giving us unnatural abilities."