Jamie scrubbed a bit more, rubbing the brush hard up against the inside of the pipe. Brown water gushed out through it, slowly becoming lighter as he continued to clean. "It's been all over the news," he said, not turning around. "There's a school a few towns over letting in mutant students. The Friends of Humanity protest planned for the first day back, I think it is."
He stopped a moment, reaching up to scratch his head with wet hands. A bit of water dripped down his face and got onto his glasses. He bit his lip and added, "Il était sur la télévision ce matin. Der Fernschreiber im Zeitquadrat... Um... it was, uh, on CNN this morning. The ticker... in Times Square. I... yeah." He blushed, scratching his head again and appearing rather flustered. That happened at times; he just switched. Normally when he became nervous.