[He'd been prepared for this. In truth, he already knew, but she's telling him so she must not be reading his mind.
She doesn't seem like she'd be good enough at deception to fool him, even as stunted as he is. So he gets the opportunity to merely acknowledge, not doubt.]
I am transgenic. It is, as far as I can tell, the equivalent of mutant with the notable exception that we were created intentionally with specific alterations made to samples of DNA.
[He turns his head slightly so she can see the barcode on the back of his neck, plainly in sight between the line of his short-kept hair and the collar of his black military-style field jacket.]
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She doesn't seem like she'd be good enough at deception to fool him, even as stunted as he is. So he gets the opportunity to merely acknowledge, not doubt.]
I am transgenic. It is, as far as I can tell, the equivalent of mutant with the notable exception that we were created intentionally with specific alterations made to samples of DNA.
[He turns his head slightly so she can see the barcode on the back of his neck, plainly in sight between the line of his short-kept hair and the collar of his black military-style field jacket.]