mutants go to mutant school
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They arrive at the Crystal Hall. It's a giant geodesic dome; they probably noticed it last night, but it's much more impressive in the daylight. Inside, it has three levels, the upper level containing a fountain with waterfalls down to the ground floor. There are several different buffet lines, each delineated with a unique legend. "And here we have the school cafeteria! Home to many delicious foods. The carrot sign is for vegans, the cheese is for vegetarians. The steak is for meat-eaters, not to be confused with the cow, which is for obligate carnivores. The geode is for people who eat rocks and minerals, the baguette with a line through it is gluten free, the banana is various fruits, and the cake is for desserts. You should definitely try the desserts. Also, there's the specialty kiosk, which is for people with specific dietary needs, like blood, insects, or live prey. People with otherwise-baseline tastes have been known to enjoy their fried crickets. I am not one of those people, but I wouldn't want you to miss out if it turns out you are."

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"Ooooooooh." 

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The twins, by mutual agreement, split up. Emily checks out the carrot, the cheese and the steak. 

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While Edie heads for the banana, the cake, and the fried crickets. 

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Harry goes directly for the steak, gets himself some pepperoni pizza, and secures a table for the three of them.

There's a lot of food, and all of it looks good.

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Pizza. It has been years since pizza was a possibility. Not pepperoni, of course, that wouldn't be kosher. But mushrooms and vegetables are. 

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Fried crickets probably aren't kosher either but it's also been years since they've had a look at a holy text and most of the kosher laws besides "pork" and "milk and meat" have been long forgotten. 

They join Harry at the table. 

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Harry is willing to eat in companionable silence.

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"Pizza tastes even better than I remembered," Emily mumbles around a mouthful of same. 

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"Oh, yeah, pizza's great. There's always a ton of cool stuff I could get in the Crystal Hall, but I usually just go for pizza anyway, because... it's just good, I don't see why I should experiment."

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"I'm more adventurous than that but the principle is sound."

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"I adventure elsewhere. Pizza is sacred."

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"Possibly it is a factor that I can't have the pepperoni kind."

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"Oh, why not?"

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"Jewish."

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"Ah! Of course. There's a club for Jewish students on campus, in case you're interested in that - they meet every Saturday."

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"...Oh. That's good."

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"I'm glad! There's a list of officially registered clubs and teams in the Student Handbook, there'll probably be a copy of that in your dorm by the time we get back to Poe."

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"--Hey, since this world's history is different, did you still have the Holocaust?"

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"Yep. In our world it was connected to a lot of necromancy and magical experimentation - I guess that wouldn't have been the case in yours, given the lack of magic?"

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"Nope. Just regular non-magical evil science." 

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"Bad enough."

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"Did you get the part where we're from nineteen-eighty?"

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"I did. 1980, killer robots took over America, you're a different kind of mutant and your world doesn't have magic."

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