[ He shakes his head, frowning. ] I developed a serum which suppresses the physical side of my mutation. When we first met, I still had the serum in my bloodstream. However, it's run its course by now, leaving me to look like this.

[ As to how humanity feels about mutants, Hank ducks his head, shrugging slightly. ]

Humans fear what they don't understand. Mutants have been few and far between, so until very recently, not very many people really knew about them. That's all going to change, from now on, though.