“Oh, I’m Samantha! And I’m a warrior of legend!” Samantha said stepping up on the table. She pointed her trident into the air, “Chosen by the greater forces of the universe, I am the embodiment of the Aquarius Zodiac!”


    All the nearby students had turned to look at the outburst. They all seemed to be looking at Samantha, but I still felt like they were boring down on me. Like they were going from her to me and noticing that I didn’t belong around someone so bombastic. I glanced over and saw Alice was having a similar experience. Her cheeks at least were turning pink. A yell came through the room. It was the disciplinary officer, the female one, telling Samantha to sit at the tables. Samantha returned to a sitting position only a bit embarrassed. She turned to Kevin, “What about you? What kind of demihuman are you?”


    “Fuck you.” Said Kevin, “It’s none of your business.”


    He leaned back as Samantha tried to convince him to tell, “I don’t care about whatever it is that they call you, and I don’t want to tell what I am. I’m not mundane. That’s all you need to know.”


    “Fine.” Samantha huffed and then turned to Alice, “What about you?”


    “Oh, me? I, umm… Well… See…” Alice started stumbling over her words. She went on and I looked over to Kevin. I wondered if he was going to say something. Try to tell Samantha to back off, but he just sat there. What was his deal? Was he just that selfish? My thoughts went like that as Alice finally recovered, “I have a sword. It was my mother’s. And her mother’s. And her mother’s. For generations.”


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    “Like a legendary weapon of destiny?” Samantha’s eyes were almost sparkling as Alice agreed, “Oh man! That’s so cool! Let’s be friends.”


    She scooted closer until she was next to Alice, “We can train together.”


    Kevin made a noise of dismissal at Samantha and Samuel chimed in, “What about you? I remember your name to be Mary Bittir.”


    The table was looking at me as I said, “Me? Oh. I’m just a mutant.”


    The weight of the air increased as everyone at the table looked at me. I didn’t dare look around, but I could feel glances from everywhere. As if they all knew my confession.


    After a while, Samuel said to me, “There’s no such thing as just a mutant. What’s the significant result of your mutation?”


    “Yeah! What’s your power?” Samantha leaned over the table and Alice, “Do you shoot fire? Lift things with your mind?”


    She gasped with a thought, “Can you read minds?”


    She went quiet with an intense stare directly at me. I only realized later that she was likely trying to speak to me in her mind.


    “No. I just… remember stuff.” I said.


    “Not much of a power,” Kevin said with an edge of suspicion in his voice.


    “I remember stuff really well.” I quickly added, “Also, I can remember stuff for other people.”


    “That sounds like mind reading, but more,” said Alice.


    “It’s not. I can’t just invade someone’s mind, but I recall experiences with great detail, and share that with others.” I explained, “Does that make sense?”