Neat moment between friends, the gawking admiration of freak status rather than fear, which I think is cool. And an impressive creative leap from the picture as well. I liked the last line—very real reaction to the new freak status.
LoA

do what again?

This is awesome. I hope someday I’ll be able to have a similarly awkward coming to grips with my new mutant ability kind of moment too.

it really doesnt help that i read part 2 before this but, oh well.