That's a lot to unpack. She grew up as a child soldier who was treated like a superhero preparing for the end of the world. Lorna would have told him if she was a mutant, though he never asked, but several of the people here have something in common with them. It sounds like her powers were just exploited in a different way.

"You and the rest of your family?" He wouldn't pry, but since she seems okay talking about it he pushes a little more. "How did he know the world was going to end?"