She nods distractedly, half of her thoughts on how horrible it was that their worlds had such a thing in common. Why couldn't any species just accept everyone? Why did there always have to be someone who was hated by others?
"It worked for a while. We hid on the outskirts of big cities, making supply runs when needed. We tried to gather intelligence on what was coming next. But when they sent soldiers and Sentinels out to hunt us all down..." Her voice goes a little quieter. "We fought back as much as we could. The soldiers were easy, but the Sentinels... They kept changing their design. They could mimic our powers, track us by our DNA. And then they could find anyone with the mutant gene, whether it was expressed or not. They found anyone who would have mutants in their family, even if it was still generations away. Anyone who resisted or aided mutants was killed or imprisoned, and they didn't care what they destroyed in the process."
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"It worked for a while. We hid on the outskirts of big cities, making supply runs when needed. We tried to gather intelligence on what was coming next. But when they sent soldiers and Sentinels out to hunt us all down..." Her voice goes a little quieter. "We fought back as much as we could. The soldiers were easy, but the Sentinels... They kept changing their design. They could mimic our powers, track us by our DNA. And then they could find anyone with the mutant gene, whether it was expressed or not. They found anyone who would have mutants in their family, even if it was still generations away. Anyone who resisted or aided mutants was killed or imprisoned, and they didn't care what they destroyed in the process."