"Human. Painfully human. By which I mean he isn't a mutant." Though, to tell the truth, Tom's never placed much stock on the delineations between humans and mutants. He loves his mutant power, takes great pride in it, but he rankles at the political identity attached to it. Superhuman is superhuman, and who cares how you came to have great power? "Augmented by magic. It's an incredible world we live in."

He laughs again. "Oh, god. My lesson was learned on that one long ago. There's a reason my own yacht is packed with enough literature and pet projects to keep me busy for years should we become shipwrecked."

The idea of having no one to talk to but Cain is enough to make his skin crawl.