Ah. That. It's not precisely that a single gene is responsible for the great diversity of mutations; rather, the X-Gene alters the behavior of the rest of a mutant's genome--how, obviously, depends on their individual genetic structure. As for the other--I don't actually have an explanation for it, yet, but it's intensely peculiar to us as well.

Okay. Once my dad's back alive maybe he'll have a look, he likes puzzles and would really like superpowers, and we can technically edit our genes if we want to, it'd just take forever and be super boring...

Assuming we meet again when that's happened, I look forward to it.

Odette's gonna have an interdimensional teleport. I bet we'll find you.

Then it seems a safe assumption.

Nice meeting you, Charles Xavier.

Likewise.

Hey, Odette, alternate universe your dad is pretty cool.

It is possible this has something to do with the fact that my dad is pretty cool.

I think that's how it works!

Evidence: six-year-old me is excellent. ...Even if she hasn't grown out of the destructive phase I was in at her age yet.

Destructive phase?

Uh, remember how I said I was jealous of your brother for being able to get away with being rude to people who deserve it? I may have bitten a few people who deserved it when I was her age. She threw an indestructible friend of hers out a window--in her defense, she knew he would be fine, but.

I love you so much. Also I'm flattered not to have been thrown out of any windows.

Sweetie, you're not indestructible.

I'm not destructible by windows either, though.

Are you flattered not to have been thrown out of any windows by her, or me?

Her, of course! You haven't even thrown Finrod through windows, your bar for gratuitous violence seems to be 'literally the Enemy'.

Let's be fair, dearheart, I haven't actually met Finrod yet.

And you won't need to. On account of how we're going to win this war with no diplomacy whatsoever and nothing but raw cosmic power.

Avoiding him forever sounds sorta awkward, but at least if I feel the need to throw him out a window when I do it won't get anyone killed!

It will not.

I will probably not literally throw him out the window, not being six anymore, but that's a separate matter from gritting my teeth and bearing it if he condescends to me.

I kind of doubt he'd be that stupid, but only kind of.

Well, I'm not planning to yell at him for the Beor thing, I like Andreth too much. Which is another reason not to throw him out the window, I think they might still be friends?