“Should talk to duh nan-ager at duh nightclu’ I’n at,” the prawn clicked ponderously, “Lots uzz nyutants dere, sun-tines duh con-sron-tations get… crazy.”

Gemma spoke of using her powers defensively, so that made the prawn certain that she could relate to “crazy confrontations".

“’eing an ada’ted would ‘ring sings to an a’rupt halt,” the prawn concluded. Then again… it would not benefit mutant customers who were just minding their own business—in fact, it might hurt business, if people were thrown into blinding pain just by entering an adapted field, like Jack had been.

“Does the aura turn on and oss?” the prawn queried, “Or is it al’ays on?”

>>“Should talk to duh nan-ager at duh nightclu’ I’n at. Lots uzz nyutants dere, sun-tines duh con-sron-tations get… crazy. eing an ada’ted would ‘ring sings to an a’rupt halt,”

"I know organizations that employ adapteds for that reason" Gemma nodded "More so since a couple of mutant incidents happened in the city. Some of them make sense, or even help mutants, and some of them... well, there is no policy about them yet."

Hiring adapteds might have been seen as a form of discrimination; but since every single mutation was different, it was a very hard thing to argue on anything but a case-by-case bases, and businesses that had assets to protect enjoyed having that fairly sizable loophole. With that said, Gemma also knew that these places offered career options to young adapteds that wanted to use their powers for potential good service. They just had to pick wisely.

>>“Does the aura turn on and oss? Or is it al’ays on?”

"It is always on. I think it's... how genetically designed that way. I have never met another adapted who could turn it off, either."