Everett was sitting at on of the tables in the common area, sipping a morning tea and reading a book. As it was quite early he was fairly alone, which is generally how he preferred it. Even amongst other mutants his appearance would cause whispers and odd looks. He wished he could say it didn’t get to him, and heaven knows he was used to the remarks even hushed ones, but it still hurt sometimes. Thus it was somewhat nervously that he glanced up when he heard someone else approaching.









