Yeah, when I first got my powers. I didn't know what was happening, besides my eyes hurting a whole lot. One of my classmates was bothering me at the bathroom stall and before I knew it, I opened my eyes and shot those red blasts.

I... came close to really hurting him.

[He's fine throwing spitwads at him and insulting his face, but definitely no actual harming. Also, Scott can't remember if he's told this story to anyone else, maybe a couple others, but it's definitely not common. Remembering that day in his old school high is never fun, although he never liked that school to begin with. He just always thought he was a freak and guess he has an actual reason to feel that way now. Although, like at Xavier's, he's actually sort of making more friends here than he ever did in regular school.

Scott's not quite sure what that says about him, but whatever.]

For a while, I thought I'd had to keep my eyes closed for the rest of my life. Or hurt everyone around me.