...yes, I suppose you would be one of the very few capable of penetrating my mental defenses. But when does Professor Charles Xavier poke around in the minds of others with such wanton disregard of their privacy? How shocking.

Yet there rests the line in the sand, the stark difference between you and I. Faced with death, I found a way to overcome, then became stronger and better for it. I am making a difference in the world now.

And you? You were obliterated. Not by a respected foe or rival, but by one of your own students. Your death has polarized your people - now they fight each other over an interpretation of your legacy. Had you been a better leader - a better man - there would be no doubting what you would have wanted.