Ivy actually stopped dancing for a minute at that news. Not the mutant part. She'd grown up on Galador surrounded by aliens, metahumans, mutants and more. That was just everyday life for her. But the fact that Lauren had let her birthday go by without even a little celebration.
"Well your world sounds shitty. And you deserve to have some fun for your birthday. So we are definitely celebrating tonight. And if you want, I'd love to take you out later. We can go get food, go shopping, movies, whatever you want to do."