True. True. [He nods. He's certainly seen people used.]

Though from what I've got of alien hedgehogs, I dunno how much different I am. Being a lot stronger isn't anything to sneeze at.

Like....sure, being an alien hedgehog meant the humans wanted to study me just for being an alien, but where I was, I wasn't an alien. Just special powers. Just special enough to be a problem.

[He shrugged.] Wherever there's a big enough group of people, there'll be people who want to control power. If you stand out, they'll make it a problem.

Unfortunately.

And its a process to get that to not be a thing. Well...eventually be a thing. Hopefully.

Hate trying to get it to stop, but if it means keeping my family, I'll keep working at it.

[He looks up.] Did you ever get away? From the people trying to use you?