Considering how Kurt spent his entire childhood protected from the outside world by his loving circus family and spent most of his time with the X-Men surrounded by fellow mutants rather than non-mutants, I imagine that the Olympics would be Kurt’s first time constantly being around lots and lots of non-mutants. Especially early in the competition, every day at the Olympics must be very taxing for Kurt, having to deal with people’s curiosity, ignorance, intolerance, excitement, etc.
Obviously, I got pretty lazy with backgrounds, and I had more ideas for other panels/scenes too but cut them because this comic was taking too long to finish. Also, the “blue-skinned monkey” insult came from X-Men Unlimited #7.
A Beautiful Monster 
