Planning to head to thoughtformed.

[metamorphosing]

Mun, you keep insisting that this change will be 'good for me,' that things are going to be better once I'm there, but I'm beginning to think that you're trying to convince yourself more than me. We both know full well that humans are the same no matter where you go. No matter what twist you put on it, every world is the same. They all fear what they don't understand.

I have a family. People like me, people who understand that we shouldn't have to hide.

Don't make me start all over again. Please.

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[coinmover]

Mystique.

[metamorphosing]

... Magneto.

[coinmover]

It's good to see you.

[metamorphosing]

You may be seeing a lot more of me in the not-so-distant future.

[coinmover]

I look forward to it, my dear.

I'm sure Charles will be overjoyed as well.

[metamorphosing]

I think that's more than a little optimistic of you.

very very dry tone of voice

[coinmover]

You know me. I live in hope.

The island is... different.

[metamorphosing]

Different how?

[coinmover]

I never thought I'd come to a place where all the mutants thought of me as the enemy.

Charles' acolytes have been busy. Busier than he would like.

[metamorphosing]

That's a pretty dramatic change. How did that happen?

[coinmover]

Apparently in the future I'm infamous. Your brother's devotees seem to think I'm the second coming of Shaw.

I don't know whether to feel accomplished, or disgusted.

[metamorphosing]

If they think you're the second coming of Shaw, then they missed the point entirely. They must not realize what it is you're trying to do for us.

[coinmover]

Strangely, they don't seem to hear it when I tell them that.

I could use your help.

[metamorphosing]

You'll have it. You know I support your cause. I still have a lot to learn from you.

[coinmover]

I suspect I've some things to learn from you, as well.

[metamorphosing]

You always did have a way with words. I guess we'll find out sooner rather than later, won't we?

[coinmover]

I look forward to it.

[neveracoward]

You can always make a new family.

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[metamorphosing]

It took my whole life just to finally find the one I have now.

it's hard to go wrong with mystique icons, she's too damn beautiful :>

[neveracoward]

Your whole life, huh.

[She's over a hundred and the only family she has, well...]

How old are you now?

[metamorphosing]

Twenty-four.

[Nothing on you, that's for sure.]

[neveracoward]

[Good God, other her, you have so much life ahead of you...!]

I'm sure it seems like it's been a long time, darling, but there's so many more years ahead of you. So many more people, too. Better people.

[Not Charles people!]

[metamorphosing]

[She's young and short-sighted. :(]

I hadn't thought of it that way.

[But Erik people. :(]

[neveracoward]

You're twenty-four, dear. It's to be expected that you wouldn't think of it like that. When you're as old as I am, however...twenty-four was a long, long time ago for me.

[metamorphosing]

[She looks suspicious, as well as curious.]

How old are you, then? If you don't mind saying.

[neveracoward]

[Not a question she gets often. Most people just know her as a terrorist that's been around for a really long time. And she has been around for a long time, but she can't quite remember much before she was chased from her home thanks to her mutation, much less her birthday.]

Just over a century, most likely. I don't exactly know. I just know that I'm old. Part of my mutation. Ours, I should say.

[metamorphosing]

[She considers that for a moment. She knew longevity was in the cards, but not to what extent.]

So it's true. All that time, and you haven't aged?

[neveracoward]

[One of the oldest around, that's Mystique.]

Not a bit, no. I'm the same as I was once I finished with puberty.

[metamorphosing]

That's incredible. So even after all that time has passed, I'll still look the same -- give or take a few years.

[neveracoward]

That's how it's worked with me.

[Oh wait.]

Or however you want to look, mutation considered.

[metamorphosing]

[She has to crack a smile at that.]

That goes without saying.

[neveracoward]

So if you want to go out of your way to look a century, you're free to do it. But no matter what, you're never beautiful than you are in your natural state.

[metamorphosing]

Someone else told me that recently, too.