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[digthefuzz]

This is the final resting place of many threads...

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[adifferentangle]

Our robots aren't even that advanced and I'm at least two or three decades ahead of her. [Frowning and lifting an eyebrow.] Mutations?

[digthefuzz]

...Okay, now that's just confusing. [He scratches at his head uncertainly.]

But yeah. You know, you've heard about mutants, right?

[adifferentangle]

You can say that again. We don't have mutants in my world aside from the ones man-made. Like purple squirrels or blue lobsters.

[digthefuzz]

Whoa. It sounds like things are really different where you're from.... [San Fransokyo, robots, purple squirrels...]

And the only ones I know about are... made men. [He tries poorly to wordplay Hiro's own statement.]

[adifferentangle]

"Made men"? [Confused expression is on his face.] You mean men that are mutants?

[digthefuzz]

Um... Right, yeah. That! People who are... you know, born that way.

[adifferentangle]

I mean, I guess it could happen, something out of Fred's comics. There's plenty of chemicals still floating around that could alter DNA. [Looking up at Kurt.] Why?

[digthefuzz]

['Fred's Comics'? Sounds like the name of a comic store. And it sounds like things are really different where he's from...]

Well, that's the way things have been in the world for me. Normal humans and mutants, living together. [His tone seems to imply that this isn't exactly a peaceful coexistence.]

[adifferentangle]

I take it it's had a few bumps in the road? Though folks do have a thing against those that are different than them.

[digthefuzz]

That's putting it lightly! There's a whole lot of controversy from it. So a lot of mutants try to stay hidden...

[adifferentangle]

Do you think there will be a day where that won't be necessary? Anytime soon, I mean?

[digthefuzz]

...I don't think that's likely. It's too complicated...

[adifferentangle]

Sounds to me like the only ones making it complicated are those that don't want to live together.