"You're being nicer now," she said moving closer now. Not too close, just in case he wanted to sling again. She didn't want to get scorched.
"So is it just like your energy?" She raised a hand. "Sorry. Where I come from, the only people who can do stuff like this use magic, but it's usually in a concentrated ball of fire, not a sling like that. You didn't call yourself that, though. You called yourself a mutant." Was it weird to lay it out like this? "I'm just trying to make sense of things. You don't have to explain if you don't want to."
It was just easier to feel at ease when she had a better bearings on her situation. "I am 100% plain Jane human," she said with a shrug.