[With no one else there she might as well be human. She also had to protect herself long before her mutant powers evolved.]

Cheer up, buttercup. You think I haven’t been one? Maybe not physically, but I’ve been the boogeyman for some people a long while now. Ask [her mouth twists in annoyance] Bishop how he feels about me sometime.

[Don’t wear that face and try to fight her on what Cable raised her with.]

Weapons save lives too. They don’t just destroy.