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[fireofunknown]

[A man stands out in the open rainstorm, blond hair matted to his forehead as his head leans back to let the drops hit down on his face.

There would be normally nothing unusual about this...except for the clouds of steam rolling off from his body and a faintly audible hiss.]

Nice weather we're having.

[He looks down, puts a cigarette into his mouth and exhales. The tip burns bright, then dims and smokes. He covers his free hand over it to avoid the rain.]

So now that the ice is broken-- [He takes a drag and exhales out his nose.]

Someone wanna give me directions to the information desk? I seemed to have lost my tourist information on random-ass-padded-wall-worthy-oh-my-fucking-god-is-that-a-space-ship land.

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[lehnsherr]

You're making the assumption that my gifts were never discovered by others.

[Granted that beyond Shaw's experiments in the labs, the existence of his abilities hadn't been well known. A few rumours, maybe, but nothing that'd lasted beyond the end of the war. Over a decade later and now they were finally being forced to prove their existence to the world.]

Mutants will be the ones responsible for averting a third world war. Humans will find out about us because we're letting them.

[fireofunknown]

Damn. Damn. That's-- a third world war? I mean I know things in the Middle East are kinda shakey right now, but is it that serious?

Unless you're talkin' about something that hasn't...happened yet?

[lehnsherr]

No, the Cold War. Russia attempted to place nuclear missiles in Cuba, and America were ready to strike back. But there was another mutant forcing their hand. We were there to keep him from succeeding.

[And, you know, kill him too. But his history with Shaw isn't something he plans on sharing with anyone else. More than enough people already know that story as it is.]