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[castrationfist]

Who: Everyone
Broadcast: N/A
Action: Iskaulit
When:

[So we've been stuck on the poison moon for a couple months now, so a lot of people probably want to get away from that.

Unfortunately, the only place you really can get away from it besides your own ship is the Iskaulit. So, here's a June Iskaulit mingle!]

Comments

[beathach]

Humans are pretty good at breaking the mold. [he smiles a little] You would think it'd be homogenous, but it's anything but. Even - passing the gene itself along doesn't guarantee that the child will develop the same powers. But that part's a little . . . mm, we've only begun seeing the next generation develop their powers.

[universal_charm]

I wonder if it might have something to do with how the donor DNA sets combine. That could explain why a child of a mutant wouldn't exhibit the exact same mutation as the parent, even if the other parent isn't exhibiting a mutation themselves.

[beathach]

It's entirely possible. I wish it was something I had the opportunity to look into further, when I was still - actually working in the field.

[universal_charm]

Did your mutation force you to stop?

[beathach]

[. . . aha. His least favorite part of explaining mutation: his own]

In . . . a matter of speaking. It wasn't the only reason.

[he sighs and lifts a hand to rub at the side of his neck] It isn't easy growing up a mutant, let alone one that's . . . physically different. So I designed a serum that would - get rid of the physical parts, while allowing me to keep the rest of my abilities.

. . . you mentioned genetic experimenting, and - that was the only time I did it, and it was on myself. Instead of doing what I designed it to do, though, the serum enhanced my mutation. That's where the - fur and claws comes from.

[he purses his lips, then finally shrugs] After that and everything that happened afterward, staying at my job wasn't an option.