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[xp_whitequeen]

Are we having a little hard-done-by contest, here, children? Let's see... my parents sent me to an asylum because they thought I was insane. Do I get any points for that? I escaped, thank God, though I had to live homeless in New York City for a little while. But do you know what I did next?

I made the best of a bad situation. And I was lucky, because I have a gift, and all I needed to do was learn how to use it, and decide what I wanted to be. And here I am; a mutant success story.

You all have gifts. Now you just have to decide what you want to be. So that's my question to you this morning, children. Think of it like career counselling. I don't care where you've come from or how hard a journey it's been. I want to know from you what you want to be, either with your powers or without them. If you don't want to tell the whole school, e-mail me privately, but I would like to hear from all of you. It's time you learned that coming to terms with being a mutant isn't the end of the journey. You are miracles, every one of you, and still you can be so much more.

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[x-rogue.livejournal.com]

I don't think people got quite what I was talking about when I said it was okay to say what the changes were like... but I think it's important that people get it out of their system. Otherwise, it's like carrying around a corpse. It's easier to drop it and move on when you let other people know how it is for you. I think you have to say, yeah, it was like dying, or it was like losing a limb, or being in a car wreck. You have to give it a name so you can let it go.

I know where I want to be and I know the gift that's still left behind in my Pandora's box. I won't say I'm happy with the exchange, but I'm sure as hell not going to let it gather dust.

[x-marrow.livejournal.com]

A miracle monster. Paradox much?

[x-celsis.livejournal.com]

Ah, but a perfect paradox, Sarah, at least for you. A monster is a deformed creature, or a person who inspires fear. But a monster is also a thing of legend, and of course, the word itself is from the Latin for an omen of misfortune.

You've seen the omen first hand, now, Sarah, and it will take people with the grit and the strength to be fierce, to be different, and to deform this lazy and judgemental world, to fight against misfortune and face up to the greater monsters who oppose us.

If you wish to be a miracle monster, Sarah, so be it. I'll join you in your ambition, and we'll be miracle monsters together.

[x-marrow.livejournal.com]

That was almost inspiring. I just don't see myself ever having a "let's save the world" mentality.

From the airplane

[x-rahne.livejournal.com]

I thought I should answer the question. I didn't mean to whinge. Probably I shouldn't have said anything.

I can't answer yours because I know what happened when I found out I was a wolf, but I'm only fifteen and I don't know what I want to be as a grownup. Except good, but that's obvious. If I'm supposed to know already, I'll try to catch up and find out.

Re: From the airplane

[x-celsis.livejournal.com]

"Probably I shouldn't have said anything."

I don't know how many times I have to say this, but I say it now to all of you who may read this: Never, never be ashamed to speak up.

Children, when adults tell you not to speak, it's because they're frightened you'll say something principled and well-meaning that will put them to shame. Never let anyone cow you into thinking you should stay silent. There are times when you shouldn't speak, but those are only the times when no-one is speaking. If there is discourse, enter into it or be damned. You'll learn nothing if you don't participate.

"If I'm supposed to know already, I'll try to catch up and find out."

No, Rahne, you're not supposed to know, but I'd like you to think about it. You have a good heart, dear, and an extraordinary gift. I'd hate to see either one wasted.

Re: From the airplane

[x-rahne.livejournal.com]

I only meant since I don't seem to be able to explain without sounding like I'm whining. I should either keep quiet or learn to write it better.

I do think there are times when I don't have anything to say and would do better listening.

I will think about what I should do. I don't know anything that seems very compelling yet or that I'm very good at, yet -- though I'll have to learn, and turning into a wolf seems to be surprisingly good for playing with small children.

Even without rubber teeth.

That's an easy decision

[x-jetstream.livejournal.com]

I'm already doing what I want to be doing.

I'mm a vigilante. That may sound odd, but there it is. I'm fighting to keep my people alive, to strive towards getting my countrymen to treat them like living beings, not just Satan's tools or miserable beasts.

And don't talk to me about hard-done-by. Emma, you already know the story, as you were on the week-long surgery team who put me back together.

Maybe I'll tell the children the story as well.

Haroun