[ Erik doesn't expect most strangers to pry. It's a way to cut the topic short, but even if it hadn't worked, he would have been clearer about not wanting to talk about it. His parents are a source of pain for him, and his daughter as well. He has no desire to talk about either with a virtual stranger. ]

Events occurred in such a way that our existence could no longer be kept a secret. [ Through no fault of his own... alright, absolutely through every fault of his own. Details. ] Not that it should need to be a secret. It's how we were born, there is nothing wrong with it. We have a right to exist as we are, just as everyone else.

[ But he understands now why some people might wish to live in the safety of that secrecy. He has always known conflict, never shied away from it, but all mutants should be allowed a choice in leading a perfectly normal, peaceful life. He just doesn't believe that choice should be dependant on the acceptance of all the other baseline humans. They hold no right to supremacy. ]