"What's up?" he asked.
"There's a telepath in here."
"Really? How would you - oh Deep Telepathy of course."
"Actually..." Taylor went on thoughtfully. "There's two of them. And they're mutants."
"Mutants?"
"Yeah."
"Where are they, maybe we should introduce ourselves."
Taylor gave Zac a look.
"Right, we're gonna go up to a couple of people we don't know and say 'Hey, how ya doing? Y'know we have powers too'."
"Hmm, good point."
Taylor grinned at him, and they went on skating. What Taylor didn't tell Zac was that he had another idea in mind.
*Hello?* he said to the two.
*Who's that?* came a feminine voice.
*My name's Taylor. What about you two?*
*Lydia.*
*Frank. Where are you?*
*On the ice - like you. Wanna meet up?*
*Umm, no.*
*Frank,* Lydia scolded. *Don't mind him, he's a freak sometimes.*
*Aren't we all?* Taylor joked.
*You come here often?* Lydia asked after a chuckle.
*No. We're just passing through.*
*We're?*
*Yeah, me, my family, the rest of our entourage.*
*Really? Why you touring?*
*Concert tour.*
*Who?* asked Frank, immediately interested.
*Hanson.*
*Those pansies?* He groaned. *Damn, I thought it was someone good.*
Taylor was silent and Lydia burst out laughing.
*Hey Frank, I think you finally got your wish!*
*Huh?*
*You just called Taylor Hanson a pansy to his face... well, almost,* she giggled. *Don't mind him Tay, he has no taste in music.*
*Hey, you're not a Hanson fan,* Frank defended.
*Yeah, but I can appreciate talent. Is everyone else here Tay? You don't mind if I call you Tay, do you?*
*Tay is fine," Taylor answered. "The rest of the family is here, and our bodyguard Jason.*
*Are you all mutants?*
*Well, Jason definitely isn't... but the rest of us... umm, well, we have powers, but we're not really mutants. We got our powers a different way.*
*Oh?*
*Yeah, Zac electrocuted us,* Taylor laughed. *Mom and Dad don't have any powers though, but they know about them because we figured we should tell them when Zoe got triggered. She was only two at the time.*
After some more yakking, mostly between Taylor and Lydia, a meeting was arranged - a physical one.