Alex froze. He generally felt pretty normal, but he knew he wasn't. He had been about as open as he could be with strangers about it, but he was still unsure about how people would take his situation.

So far though, they'd been pretty good about it. That didn't mean he wasn't afraid of this kid's anger. "S-sorta. I w-was part o' an experiment back home. Th-the one I mentioned..." He swallowed hard before going on, "re-resulted in me seein' an' e-eatin' bad feelings."