"Guess you would." And John took the statement as a warning, though he was nearly certain it wasn't intended as such. While he knew he had some leeway with the fact he didn't sound like a normal kid because of the cover they were giving the world to justify having someone so young on the team, he knew Brian had been right in part about having to be careful. He didn't like that Brian had been right and he didn't think he'd misstepped as much as the older man did. But, as he had to lie, by omission at least, to everyone, Nate's statement was a gentle reminder to watch his words.
"No idea," he said with a shake of his head. "Savannah showed me hers. But, if anyone else has one, they're pretty tight-lipped about it." Given how long this had been going on, John couldn't believe only Savannah had discovered hers. It seemed too little to go on to say they'd all get powers if only one person had shown any signs of it. "That would be more trouble than it's worth, leaving this," he waved idly at the base around them, "only to get home to something similar once our government there found out? If our counterparts from here aren't already going through it. Maybe they get powers in our world. I mean, it's got to be something about passing through the rift that causes it, or normal people here would have powers, right?"
Smiling, John nodded. "No problem. There were some things I liked. I've been around a lot more variety of people than a lot of guys my age, all different types and cultures. Some more interesting. Some just weird. We lived in this place once, up in Northern California, all hippies and pot growers...well, it was near Humboldt, which really explains that. But, it was just weird. Three girls in my school named 'Sage', one 'Sequoia'. I was too straight-laced. Got in fights like every day. Hated it. But, some places were good. L.A. wasn't too bad. We had a house up in the Hollywood Hills that had a great view of the city on one side, the valley on the other. Could even see the Pacific on a good day."