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[mordantwit]

You really don't think it's at all inappropriate for you to be writing my application in your "Magneto Was Right" t-shirt.

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[littlecousin]

Professor Xavier!

[Yes, Nita, your "identifying prominent public figures" skills are unparalleled.]

[mordantwit]

[Well, it amuses Charles, at any rate.]

Hello, Miss Prentiss. You're looking well.

[littlecousin]

[Nita's an open book to everyone. Telepathy is hardly needed.]

I'm okay, I guess. You can call me Nita, though. Everybody does.

[Except Dr. Doom, but he's a big jerkface.]

[mordantwit]

You, then, can call me Charles.

[We can all agree on that, really.]

How has Keeliai been treating you?

[littlecousin]

Okay!

[She's gonna forget and switch back to "Professor Xavier" repeatedly before it sticks.]

It's pretty good--for a giant turtle in another universe.

[Her mind is a welter of images, mostly positive, but there's a memory of fire that is very much not, plus an overlay of homesickness to the entire thing.]

[mordantwit]

[He's not trying to pry, really, but the blaze is stark and vibrant in her mind, and his brow furrows in concern.]

Is there much danger there?

[littlecousin]

Not for us, really.

[Fortunately telepathy clears up linguistic ambiguity, because she's thinking "superheroes," not "mutants."]

It can be rough for regular humans. The kedan are stronger and tougher than surface people.

[mordantwit]

I see. [His frown deepens as he steeples his fingers.] Are many of them hostile towards the - new arrivals?

[littlecousin]

Yeah, there are gangs.

[She's clearly not scared herself, but the memory of the demonstration after the welcome festival is right there for the taking.]

[thelittlestbub]

To be fair, Professor, Mags is right about a lot of things.

[mordantwit]

Some, perhaps.

[thelittlestbub]

[Eyeroll.]

Okay, so his methods leave a lot to be desired, and really, every time you guys get divorced it should totally be a major bulletin to most of the world, but he does have good points, Prof. I mean, you've left him in charge of students, you trust him more than you trust, well, anyone, and look at the good he did on Genosha.

[mordantwit]

[The phrasing certainly raises his eyebrows, but - well. It's a good enough descriptor, he supposes.

And imagining Erik's reaction does bring a brief smirk to his lips.]

I won't argue his good qualities - and certainly not now. He's as great a capacity for greatness as I do for...well. [His smile, now, is rather bitter.] The opposite.

[thelittlestbub]

Hey, raised by Wolverine, remember? I've seen the other side of the coin. Everyone's got it.

[Ponders]

Except maybe Kurt. But, ya know, he's Kurt.

[mordantwit]

Everyone indeed. [His murmur is solemn; he can't help, of course, but think of Jean.

But then he's smiling again.]

Kurt has always been a singular case.

[thelittlestbub]

even me, Prof. Totally just roll with it, though.

[Don't get her started on Jean's issues. She wouldn't be nice.]

Well, yeah. I mean, he's the Elf.

[ihearyouthink]

....there's a T-shirt?? I feel I ought to be very worried.

[mordantwit]

[A wry smile.] I really would like to tell you you needn't be.

[ihearyouthink]

[drawing a breath between his teeth in a sigh] I would really like to hear you tell me I needn't be. But apparently that is not going to happen.

[mordantwit]

I could tell you all manner of things you'd like to hear, but I doubt that would be very helpful to you.

[ihearyouthink]

The truth is better than being comfortable with white lies. Even if they're well meant.

[worried look remains] I should not be so vain as to miss my hair right now, but I admit that it seems to be forefront.

[mordantwit]

[His eyes widen, and then he chuckles.]

I haven't missed it in years. Of course, I lost it long before I was your age.

[ihearyouthink]

[half-smirk] It's something I'll have to face eventually. That and old age, of course.

Hm, that does beg the question, if we are both Charles Xavier, how is it that you are not me?

[mordantwit]

[His eyebrows arch, a smirk playing at his lips.] Are you calling me old?

[The smile fades, then, as he nods.] It does indeed. You may or may not encounter it yourself, but - I imagine you've heard of the Everett interpretation?

[ihearyouthink]

Definitely not aloud, I wasn't. [similar smirk] I get enough teasing for being an old man in my twenties, about time I started taking advantage of my youth while I still can.

The existence of more than one world, more than one universe? Yes, I'm familiar with it. [That does explain things nicely.]