She glanced around first to make sure no one was close enough to listen, then started to speak quietly. “They said that they’re just doing it to the people who were broken out of that mental institution the same night I showed up. They call them ‘meteor freaks’, and say they have dangerous abilities. And the collars supposedly neutralize their abilities. But…what’s to stop them from doing it to anyone with an ability? Like me? And what if some of those people are actually innocent, or only hurt someone by accident before and now just want to live normal lives not in a hospital or wearing a collar?”
Crossing her arms absently over herself, Claire met Methos’s eyes. “You and Duncan know that I’m not exactly like you two. Where I come from, this healing..spontaneous regeneration I can do, it’s an ability. And there are others there with abilities too. We call them..us…specials, not freaks. Some are dangerous, yeah, but some aren’t. My birth parents? My dad can fly and my mom can make fire at will. My uncle can pick up others’ abilities just by being near them, and my grandmother has dreams that tell the future. If they were here, what’s to keep them from getting collared too?”