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No, I suppose we never will.

And now, do you still feel the same?

Now? Now it's been twenty years and what I said before is still accurate. We don't know each other.

[And she's painfully aware she's sidestepping the question because of course she does. And of course she doesn't. And her feelings for Charles are as complicated as hers for Erik.]

Alright. Perhaps we can start learning each other again.

An unfortunate turn of phrase.

In which way?

Think back to when everything you heard could sound dirty. Now, repeat what you just said to yourself.

... I haven't really thought of myself in that sense for a long, long while.

Probably for the best when you're mostly surrounded by your students and Hank.

I am more thinking the wheelchair. But that's neither here nor there.

I know you. That'd only stop you if you let it.

You're probably right. But perhaps I should say I have let it.

You're saying you've become a recluse in your dotage. Unless there's something about your relationship with Hank that I should know about.

Raven!

Now you'll never be able to look him in the eye again.

I will have to, first thing tomorrow. Thank you very much.

Remind me to be there. This is something I'm going to need to see.

How did I ever trust you even for an inch?

Because I was cute and non-threatening to everyone except the people around us and you never noticed that.

Please, you were sometimes quite a menace.

To you. That's what you noticed. You always chalked up my temper to other people as temper tantrums.

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