His eyes narrowed at the admission the man was a mutant. The change in crowd demeanor came while that man was talking, not Sebastian. He stiffly came closer when she pulled.

"He's not a telepath..." The pieces were falling into place in Marcelo's mind. Not everybody consumed the same thing. It couldn't be in the air because there was no effect on Marcelo himself. The Brazilian was only human after all. But he did have one defense no one else in the room had thanks to a lab accident.

"His voice was off when he addressed the room. It didn't sound like a voice should. Sonic powers, maybe?" If the speech had actually contained what Stephanie had wished to hear, Marcelo would have let things lie. But it hadn't. This was probably his only chance to ever protect Stephanie.

And she wouldn't want it.