Well to be fair, Lois, plenty of them. But your experience of Smallville High was what? Seventeen days? If I counted up the classmates and teachers who used their powers to kill intentionally once they worked out how to use them, you'd probably be surprised.

And some of them were 'meek', too.

[A wry smile.]

As for whether my powers could have killed people, you don't have to tell me. There's a reason I wasn't allowed to play football.

[He goes back to Xavier, folding his arms. Quietly pretending it doesn't shake him.]

Here, you'd think there wasn't a problem. Everyone has powers. Everyone has to learn to use them like the people from their world.

But here, Xavier sees the locals as a threat. As a danger to newcomers. And he's on the NPP.