Ororo was thinking how useful that skill would have been with her street rats back home.

"Mutants do not have an initiation but sometimes it is extreme emotions that will bring it out. A baptism by fire, sort of. If you don't know what is happening it can be frightening. I think that is why you'll see so many mutants together. Misery loves company." Her lips quirked wryly.

"Did your father and your family learn to accept your abilities once they manifested?"