ALL HAIL THE HADARI YAO, THE OMEGA'S OMEGA, BEYOND OMEGA, THE VOICE OF SOL!!!! NOW AGAIN THE ONE TRUE AND ONLY GODDESS OF THE X-MEN AS CLAREMONT INTENDED!!!!!
Maybe the kids believe they are mutants, but their powers hasn't yet activated. Maybe even one them have power to sense other mutants, and told others that they also has X-Gene. So they put themselves into dangerous situations to trigger it and go to the Gates every time to check if they succeeded or not.
I can't remember any human/superhuman who intentionally pretended to be a mutant, BUT there were mutants before who could hide from Cerebro, so it seems logical that Storm and others assumed that the kids are mutants.
I think it’s Paige. Vita hasn’t corrected me on twitter. And well Jason Aaron liked it. So he obviously looked at it when I tweeted him it.
I mean if someone wants to ask her. Go right ahead. But the one panel she seems clearly in husk form.
Really enjoyed this issue. Gabe is already a great black character, just what we needed. Loving all of them though
Someone really needs to fix this. Assuming it’s Mercury is going very far on a limb, lol.
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The fact that cerebro hasn't detected them as mutants but even still she was willing to take them in shows that she highly values their lives and safety. The tone is not consistent yes, but the intent is clear. She just wants them to be safe that's why she was searching for them.
considering that basketball friend/classmate they had apparently got a special kind of operation that not just healed him from his sickness but got stronger, I think that these kids probably underwent some operation too to try to become mutants on a genetical level. now either its just from one of them being a genius or some hidden character that will be revealed later but they do seem to have the belief that eventually they can cross through the gates which is why they keep trying. it makes sense to me that way which is also why they haven't admitted to other mutants that they aren't one, because if all their actions are just a form of flattery for the mutants then I think they would parade the fact that they are humans on the side of supporting mutants.
also people missed it but storm specifically mentioned how the cerebro scan is blocked, not that its just not reading them as mutants. this could be due to technology or whatever genetic operation they went that's blocking it. so from the x-men's perspective, they actually could still be mutants.
oh and if that classmate of theirs isn't being built up to be an antagonist and joins their team, I could see him taking the role of "beast", which would make it that they only lack an iceman to have the O5 lineup.