"I see," JP answered, his eyebrows raised a little. He hadn't been aware that there were students here who'd had their mutations become evident at an early age and had grown up with them. In some ways that must have been easier, since for many mutants he'd met, it had been traumatic when their powers had manifested, and Victor must have avoided that -- but in other ways, being so different from such a young age must have been unimaginably hard. As a former foster child and a perpetual outsider, Jean-Paul could relate to that, and he looked at Victor with greater understanding and even a little respect.
He cocked his head at Victor, curious about his past. "Still, your family kept you despite the mutation?" he asked. "And you went to school with the other children, looking as you do, and 'ave survived it? I think this isn't usual."