She rubbed the back of her head uncomfortably. "Well, you never know. People tend to attack me and everyone around me for no good reason." Mutations weren't a good reason to be jerks to others, Megan reasoned. Therefore: no good reason. "Just so you know."
She grinned back at him, though, relieved. "That's okay, people don't understand me sometimes, either. I think it's my accent, or maybe just because I talk fast sometimes, I don't know. I don't think I've ever been in a fort, unless you count Utopia," she said thoughtfully. "Except that's more of an island than a fort, so I'm not sure if it does count. Is it like a treehouse fort or a wooden thingy in the woods with a pointy fence around it fort? Also, do you get internet out there?"