[ Fortunately for Merlin, Kurt is used to this sort of treatment. Used to the looks, the hushed whispers, the people flinching away from him. It's been happening for most of his life, so now he knows not to take it too personally.

The young man's very direct question is, at least, honest. As he decides on an answer, Kurt reflects that it's better than him wondering and not being able to say it, if they're going to be chained together. ]

I am a mutant. Humans in my world have.. evolved. Some of us can fly, some of us can read minds, some of us are.. well. [ He gestures at himself. ] But, more accurately, I am Kurt Wagner. [ He bows, as best he can in a chain tied to another person, his tail performing a flourish along with the sweep of his free hand. ] Pleased to meet you.