[oh, no.]

[well. this is a better reaction than the alternative. and it's not like they've never run into people who are super excited about meta-humanity before... just not in this way in a while. despite themself, they feel their lips turning up in a smile.]

We're not aliens, and I've never been on a spaceship. [they laugh gently at the idea. (of course, they'd been slated to see what carassia energy's partners had been developing on mars, but that was before the troubles.)] We're just humans with a little extra, and honestly, cyberware is so advanced that you can emulate a lot of meta-humanity with technology.

[they have... mixed opinions about that, but they try not to let it show on their face. still, they know they're looking off to the side, not caring about the way their shatterscar eye glimmers in the ambient light. they can pretend that it's all okay in the name of education.]

The lightning is usually pretty strong, but I think it's on a resistor here to prevent me from... well, taking out the entire power grid. And no, I can't make it rain. It's just electricity.