No, no... he was a sweet, beautiful kid... just different, with extraordinary powers I don't envy at all. They were his friends at school who used to call him that way. I've found the script... here's the part I mentioned before:
Conversation between Cole (the boy) and Malcolm, the doctor:
MALCOLM
You ever tell her about how it is with Tommy?
COLE
I don't tell her a thing.
MALCOLM
Why?
COLE
Cause she doesn't look at me like everybody and I don't want her to.
I don't want her to know.
MALCOLM
Know what?
COLE
That I'm a freak.
Malcolm stops walking. The words hit him hard. He stares at Cole.
MALCOLM
Listen to me. You are not a freak. Don't you believe anybody that tells you that. It's bullshit and you don't have to grow up believing
that.
Beat. Cole is surprised.
COLE
You said the "s" word.
MALCOLM
Yeah. Sorry.
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