He does as she bids, standing to shed his pants. "I'm not part of any such bonded group," he tells her, so she understands why he was confused. "There are others like me, many others, and I imagine there have been for all of time. But we are not all alike in being immortal. What we have in common is a genetic mutation that expresses in superhuman traits."
He settles again, pants cast aside. He's neither modest nor inappropriate; he's not bothered by sitting there clad only in a pair of boxer shorts from the waist down but neither does he draw any attention to that fact.
"I am not an Immortal in the sense that it is some portion of humanity or some select group. I am functionally immortal in that the mutation in my genetic code expresses itself as rapid cellular regeneration. When cells in my body are damaged or die off due to age or any damage, my body replaces them at once. I've reached a state of equilibrium. But I cannot sense when another has the same genetic mutation, and the mutations that manifest are as varied as the people who possess them." Which is sensible; it's rooted in DNA, and each person's is unique, so their abilities tend to follow suit.
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He settles again, pants cast aside. He's neither modest nor inappropriate; he's not bothered by sitting there clad only in a pair of boxer shorts from the waist down but neither does he draw any attention to that fact.
"I am not an Immortal in the sense that it is some portion of humanity or some select group. I am functionally immortal in that the mutation in my genetic code expresses itself as rapid cellular regeneration. When cells in my body are damaged or die off due to age or any damage, my body replaces them at once. I've reached a state of equilibrium. But I cannot sense when another has the same genetic mutation, and the mutations that manifest are as varied as the people who possess them." Which is sensible; it's rooted in DNA, and each person's is unique, so their abilities tend to follow suit.