"What applications do your teachings ultimately result in?" Brainiac asked. "Substantial damage could be done to these mutants if highly educated individuals were to set themselves against them."

He still hadn't done more than entertain the idea that Charles was one of them but he wasn't so much concerned about his genetic status as trying to get a measure of the man. He was ever on the lookout for potential allies and potential enemies.

"For instance, a particularly influential geneticist speaking of them as a threat to sentient society could set whole governments against them."