Some of my friends back home can teleport, or read the minds of other students.

[Jean's definitely far more powerful than him, but that's cool, because it's sort of hot--]

Even if it's just for an hour or so once a week, it's nice to just hang out, yeah? [Feel normal, make friends. Scott doesn't say those last bits out loud, but it's definitely a driving force for him. It's what led to him skipping school with the other mutants, giving them a chance to feel like regular kids again. Kind of the same philosophy here.]