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Most people fear that's what it will come to. Enslavement. It's already happening in many parts of the world, kid. People have real reasons to be scared. My home country tried to wipe us out with biological weapons even though we lived in the sewers and never really interacted much with other people. All because we look different.

Mutant registration might only be step one, and can lead to so many worse things. Besides, it's hard enough for kids these days to deal with their powers and how that changes their lives. If the government gets involved, how many of those kids do you think will be drafted to become human weapons?

Not all mutants have awesome destructive powers, but I'm pretty sure humans have issues with all of us. They build giant robots and god knows what, and invented the damn a-bomb, even. Humans are just as destructive - the difference is that most mutants doesn't chose to be. It just happens, and all they need is guidance.

Edited 2014-11-03 20:35 (UTC)

Just because people are afraid of it, that doesn't mean it's true. Like I said, this isn't your country, it's America.

Mutant registration doesn't make those other laws automatically happen. It's just like how they register sex offenders. They could be a threat, so they should be recorded.

That's typical, saying that since humans can be bad, there's no problem with mutants. You're not even listening to what I'm saying. I never said humans don't kill people. But mutants can build weapons, too! Humans can't destroy buildings and towns with their minds.

Seriously, dude? Sex offenders? You're placing mutants with pedophiles and rapists? Are you seriously saying a little girl that can make butterflies with her mind should have the same stigma as them? That she's going to have to live in terror every day because her information is now public and someone might come to kill her because she just happens to have the x-gene?

Which, I might add, is dormant in more than half the population, so how would you even scan people for mutations?

Sorry to say, but the US is not some great country of love and understanding. It's not different from mine, Russia just likes to do things less covert. The sentinels is a big proof that America is planning similar things.

I'm not saying some mutants are not bad, but if you go around thinking we're all weapons, you must also realize that people will also use us in that way. There are mutant super villains and mutant super heroes just as much as there are human dictators and freedom fighters. Just because the powers may be on a larger scale doesn't mean that just as powerful people work night and day to help prevent it.

I've spent all my life healing people that have suffered by human hands, and who only want to be left alone and live their lives. This place is working for a a future where we can all work together rather than to push people down. If you think this is the mutant supremacy training grounds, you've missed the point.

Some of them are worse than that.

[That's right. He said it. Of course, he's mostly regurgitating Friends of Humanity talking points. Because he's fourteen and was raised by them after his mother's death. But as far as he's concerned, mutants are monsters, and they could easily become murderers if not kept in line.]

I don't always like the government either, but America's not Russia.

[Sorry, Eren can't follow that line of reasoning. Obviously, America's better than Russia!]

I didn't say all mutants were weapons, but enough of them can do harm to people that someone needs to keep track of them! You keep putting words in my mouth. I don't think we should hurt kids, either. It's not their fault. Maybe we should try to help them and fix them instead.

What about the people hurt by mutants, then? Do you not care about them? Maybe if someone had done something, they'd still be alive! Like you said, the mutant powers are on a larger scale, so we have to do more about it.

That is what this place is like! I've seen it—there's all this weird stuff underground. And weapons. It's like a compound.

[And he would know, having been raised on one.]

[Zian rubs the bridge of his non-existent nose. He's not even going to touch the first thing because wow.]

Yes, of course. America does not have anti-mutant supremacist running for office or anything.

[Sigh.]

Kid, I don't know what you've been through and what people have been telling you, but there's a side to this that you haven't given any thought. Or at least not rational ones. If you stay here for a while, maybe your eyes will open a bit more. The kids here just want to feel safe, but we've already had giant robots destroying the school once, sent by mutant-haters, and just recently we were attacked again by humans that wanted to steal mutant organs to make themselves into a third, mixed species.

Let me say that again. They attacked a school to butcher children for their organs. Sorry, but I doubt that's something mutants would do to humans.

...and this place is for kids to learn how to control their powers, so of course there are weird stuff around. Big training facilities and stuff, just to help them understand themselves. Fixing them, as you say. The rest belongs to the X-Men, which are mutants actively fighting to protect humans and mutants alike. That's Xavier's dream, to coexist on equal levels.

Registering will not accomplish that. It will make mutants second-class citizens. I can heal people with my touch. Cure diseases. Prevent cancer. Yet I could not go to a medical school because I'm a seven feet purple guy. There are people living in the sewers here too that can make amazing things but are hated because they're mutants.

They'll be registered too, just as the dangerous ones, and they'll be in danger because of it. Even though they could help people. Even though they could save the sick and the injured. They're different, and they'll be attacked for it.

But it's different. This is a democracy. If that's what the people want—! Just because you don't like it, if the majority wants it, then that's how it should be. If people change their minds, then they can vote to change it. That's how America works.

[Civics, Eren style!]

I thought about it. I'm not stupid. I don't think mutant kids should be killed or anything, but we should work on a cure for the x-gene, so if they want to be normal, they can be.

The U-Men are freaks, I don't have anything to do with them. Obviously they should be stopped! And human people do get killed for all kinds of reasons, including organs, so that doesn't even make sense. Some humans get killed by mutants because they're humans! Don't act like it only happens one way, because that's a lie!

I'm not saying you can't do stuff, I'm just saying to make a list! Of dangerous people, so we can keep an eye on them!

[He's not really sure about how to prevent innocent people from being attacked, but protecting the rights of mutants isn't something he's given much thought to.]

The majority of humans fear mutants. The majority of mutants fear humans. Everyone fears violence. You're only seeing one side of the problem, but I don't think you're the kind of kid that's going to understand words as much as actions.

[He feels really bad for you, Eren =( ]

...and how do you think we can cure a gene? It's not a disease; it's a part of your genetic makeup. Blue eyes is also a genetic mutation. Such things are natural occurrence that has brought us from floating cells in the sea to what we are today. Humans. Mutants. It's evolution, not a cold.

It does make sense. Do you really think that humans are killed for organs by a large terrorist group of mutants wanting to become humans? I'm not saying that mutants do not kill humans as well, I'm very aware of things like that happening. I've lived with people who hate humans above all else.

However, you're not talking about protecting people, just humans. By risking mutant lives for all the reasons I brought up earlier. Yes, I believe that mutants that want to hurt other people should be dealt with and locked away by the law, but most mutant 'attacks' are accidents. Usually by young kids that just experience their powers for the first time. The media then calls that an attack to further the mutant hate.

That's what this place is trying to avoid. Accidents with dangerous powers. Freedom and safety for kids. Teams to help protect innocent mutants and humans. Hell, there's even holding cells for mutant villains until they're handed over to the law.

You're barking up the wrong tree, and all it is doing is frightening the kids here that has had to deal with enough fears about their mutations - and pissing off adults that fight tooth and nail for us to have basic rights. I don't want that for you.

I'm not going to change your opinions, I get that. But you have to be able to listen to other people as well without getting pissed off.

Of course they're afraid of mutants! Mutants can control their minds. And blow things up just by thinking about them. And set things on fire. Or stop their hearts. Or impersonate their best friend. Or anything! It's not like anything else before, because there's been nothing else like this.

You know what I mean! I'm not a scientist, but there are people working to reverse it. Like... gene therapy. And stuff. There are mutation diseases!

[Eren, don't talk to a medical professional like you know better...]

The U-Men don't count, that's different than what we're saying. Obviously they should be listed and watched, too! And I didn't mean kids who do things by accident at all. I meant dangerous mutant criminals. Yeah, right, the mutants that hate humans. I guess it's okay for them, because humans were mean to them. Humans should just sit back like doormats and let mutants do whatever they want!

Why should I listen? No one is listening to me! They all call me a Nazi! And say I want to kill kids! And I'm the one who's getting in trouble for saying my opinion? It's not like I'm saying it to little kids.

I'm trying to tell you that these 'mutant attacks' are not happening as often as you think they are, and that media and humans blow it out of proportions when they do happen. Yeah, people do get killed, but it's not like it's super common that mutants are violent, just as it isn't with humans.

The mutant registration act doesn't just mean dangerous mutants, it means everyone. People who can murder cities with their mind and little kids that suddenly grow a black hole where their face use to be, and end up causing accidents. If registered, their lives will be over from just one mistake.

...and hey, the youngest kids in this school are ten and could very well be listening, so yeah, you're sprouting this to little, frightened kids that now think there's an anti-mutant extremist in the school, no matter if you are or not. I don't want you to upset them or make yourself ostracized here. We're trying to help you, too, even if everyone now sounds hostile and defensive.

Frankly, if everyone you talk to call your opinions - opinions, mind you, not you - racist, bigoted, fascist and nazi-like, then maybe it is not they that are not listening.

Edited 2014-11-05 16:20 (UTC)

That's what you would say. They don't want the people to panic, so they don't cover everything that happens. All it takes is one violent, dangerous mutant to wipe out a whole town. Or more than that!

Their life won't be over. You're exaggerating. You don't even know what's going to happen. Or who can access the list. It's just a list.

It's only here that people say that. Wow, I wonder why? And no, I'm nothing like a Nazi. How can I be a racist when I love all races? And I'm not going to scare any kids. There aren't any kids here right now, and I didn't say I was hurting anyone, I said I was trying to make sure people aren't hurt. I don't care if I'm ostracized, because I don't want anyone here to like me.

[Eren folds his arms. Calling him a Nazi just makes him mad and reduces his ability to listen by at least 50%.]

[Sighing again, Zian crouches down a bit because he's a seven-foot guy and he wants to be on equal level with this kid. Reaching up to his mask, he turns down the translator volume slightly before signing.]

Alright. This discussion is just running in circles. You're obviously to upset to listen, and I'm getting frustrated and I'm not going to yell at a kid. That's not the kind of man I am.

I'm sure you have a reason to think like this, and I'm not forcibly changing your opinion. Just trying to say things every single mutant in this world would say. Not just here, but everywhere. I'm living proof of that.

It is frightening for people, and bad things are happening to mutants in other countries that tried the same laws. The fear that the same thing will happen here is real, whether or not it will actually come to that. America is not infallible, history is obvious about that. Genocide of native Americans, slavery - it's not a new thing.

...but I'm getting off topic. It's obvious why the professor brought you here, and I'm willing to bet my life it's not to kidnap you and bring you harm. However, this is a school of frightened kids and hormonal teens that you've just pissed off, so just try to keep the MRA opinion down a bit. I don't want you in my office for anything related to school fights. Preferably just flu shots and colds.

[Eren continues to glare angrily. Not even some 7 foot tall weirdo can intimidate him!]

I know what mutants think about it. That's not hard to figure out.

And how is this genocide or slavery? That's totally different! It's just being careful! So that people can be protected. We already have the census. There is going to be a war, and we have to be ready for it.

I'm not going to be quiet about my opinion. I have as much of a right to say my opinion as anyone else here in the United States of America. If people can't deal with a different opinion, that's their fault. They can be as mad as they want. You're not going to have to heal me, so don't worry about it.

And I was kidnapped.

That war is kind of the thing we're trying to stop, but okay.

[Siigh.]

I'm not even an American citizen and even I know that the freedom of speech thing is about the government being forbidden to censor you, not you having the moral right to spit your opinions to a school full of refugees trying to get by in a world that fears and hates them.

I'm not even saying you should be completely quiet about them, either. Just try to be more careful of who you speak with - for their sake and your own.

Edited 2014-11-06 21:00 (UTC)

It is going to happen. It's just a matter of time! Anybody can see that.

[Eren has no faith in your efforts to stop it.]

No! It's not like I'm yelling fire or something. I'm saying that I agree with something the government is proposing, and that's my constitutional right! So I won't be careful at all.

[He means it, being careful is for losers!]

[Gosh, kid. That's like screaming racist stuff in Harlem. Plus you heard like only 12% of what he said.

Zian feels really, really bad for Eren, but he has to admit that it isn't his job and he's not a psychiatrist. Just a medic, and the kid wasn't bleeding. He just didn't want him to end up doing that.

He grew up with the morlocks. Eren would have been dead in five minutes. Five, because some might have been against hurting a kid.]

Fine. Please be careful, if not for you, but the little kids.

[He's not racist!!! Also, he doesn't get it.]

Okay, fine, I'm not gonna let anyone bother any little kids!

[That appears to be the one way to even partially get through to Eren.]

But that's it!

Thank you.

[Really, that's all he could ask, now. He'd done his best... but he'd make sure someone qualified took a long, long time talking to this kid.]

[He's not expecting to be thanked, so he folds his arms and frowns.]

Yeah. You don't have to thank me. I wouldn't have done that anyway!

[He's not some jerk who's mean to kids!]

Alright, alright. Go get some food or something and chill.

Yeah, fine!

[Eren still sounds defensive, just because it's hard for him to stop arguing once he's started. But he really has nothing to argue about here.]

Not that I'm going to chill.

[In case you thought he would actually relax, he is pointing out that he won't!]

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I'M SORRY ABOUT HIM cw: mention of sex offenders

I love this AU idea okay

Haha, thank you, I'm glad! HE'S SO WRONGHEADED

sob poor bb

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