He opens his mouth, then shuts it. The fact is, Tommy was so fast that probably not many people noticed that. And it's debatable how many people in Baedal care as much as people back in his world would. Like yeah, it matters, but they wouldn't flip out.

"Would you —" John gives up on telling Tommy to quit doodling almost before the words are out of his mouth. That is clearly not going to work with this guy. "You know what, never mind. Who cares. So you're a mutant. You one of the 'kids' Remy talked about?"