[Akira's question gives him pause. It's clear that this isn't really a question that Scott's been asked often. He and his species were always called mutants and everyone seemed fine with it, so he never questioned it.]

Huh? I mean... that's what I am, me and my friends back home. We've just mutated from humans, I guess. We have what's known as the 'X-Gene' in our DNA.

[Scott offers as a simple explanation, before shoving another mouthful of egg in his mouth. He chews for a while, before swallowing, and--] I'm assuming you don't have mutants in your... timeline?