It's a little complicated at the moment.

( He offers her a grimace, a slight tip of his head that indicates he doesn't exactly know to explain it. )

I'm currently on a treatment that has made my mutation nonexistent. Medicinally speaking, I do need it, so it's a sacrifice I'm willing to make. ( It's a lie, he knows it's a lie. But part of him wants to keep pretending. He needs the serum, he does. He can't live without it, can't stomach the pain. At least his voice doesn't shake, and his hands are in the jumpsuit pocket, so the tremble isn't obvious. )

But I was a telepath myself.