Good thing there were no cameras. The pretenses were becoming too hard to keep up, but they were far enough away now from prying eyes or surveillance to drop the facade. It took me a long time to control mine. She said, frowning. She had hid it from him, her mutation having shown up shortly after the leak. I thought it was stress, or that I was going crazy. Can you imagine? So many thoughts in my head. She shook her head, letting out a small laugh.
"I know it's not, Rahim." She finally said out loud, quietly. "Just don't treat me like a child. I'm not a kid. Not anymore."