"Depends who you ask, but yeah, it's as genetic as hair color or anything else really." She shrugs. "It's always been around, but the Gifted... god this is embarrassing, I don't know our own fucking history. Jeff would--anyway."

She squints at the air, clearly trying to recall details. "The Gifted made this 'declaration of existence' in 1946, since it was getting really fucking hard to keep our shit hidden by then. We've got it pretty good in the US, some places are better, some places are worse, but it's a lot more 'whatever' than it used to be."