This isn't going quite the way that Charles might hope for it to go, and he knows that everything that he says only makes it worse, and if he digs himself any deeper into this hole he might end up burying himself alive in it.
"Good. That's - good, I'm glad. That you know about these things. It saves me having to - yes, well, you know and that's the main thing." The touch is making him feel that much more awkward, putting the topic of discussion beside it and the things that she's saying, and he might leap to the wrong conclusion. But, no, this is Raven, his little sister Raven, and that would be ridiculous to assume she was hinting at something.
Charles doesn't understand some of the things that she says and does of late, and as he's never been a young woman he doesn't expect that he ever will. So he puts it down to her trying to make a point, one that he isn't quite sure of yet, but of course that's all it is. "There's someone that you trust?" he asks with an air of surprise, but, in his own way, also with a mixture of delight and curiosity.
"Well, that's - that's different, of course, and I don't claim to be a good role model. In fact, I will quite openly admit that I think I'm a terrible role model for anyone. But your little cosmetic problem offers you an opportunity that I never really believed that I had, and when you do eventually meet someone it will be meaningful and loving and, with any luck, built on trust."
He takes a breath and opens his mouth to continue, but before he can ramble on he cuts himself off, Raven's question cuts him off, and he realies that she's suddenly a lot closer than she had been only moments ago. He closes his eyes for a moment and puts his arms around her, but the question stumps him because of course he wants something more, he would love to have a life full of love where he can settle down and start a family. But he's never really allowed himself to think that could happen for him, being a mutant sets him apart from everyone else, and he loves his work too much, loses himself in it, although he knows from having Raven there to pull him out of it that he wouldn't work quite as much if he had a good reason not to.
"Isn't that what everyone would like to have in their lives? Something more."
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"Good. That's - good, I'm glad. That you know about these things. It saves me having to - yes, well, you know and that's the main thing." The touch is making him feel that much more awkward, putting the topic of discussion beside it and the things that she's saying, and he might leap to the wrong conclusion. But, no, this is Raven, his little sister Raven, and that would be ridiculous to assume she was hinting at something.
Charles doesn't understand some of the things that she says and does of late, and as he's never been a young woman he doesn't expect that he ever will. So he puts it down to her trying to make a point, one that he isn't quite sure of yet, but of course that's all it is. "There's someone that you trust?" he asks with an air of surprise, but, in his own way, also with a mixture of delight and curiosity.
"Well, that's - that's different, of course, and I don't claim to be a good role model. In fact, I will quite openly admit that I think I'm a terrible role model for anyone. But your little cosmetic problem offers you an opportunity that I never really believed that I had, and when you do eventually meet someone it will be meaningful and loving and, with any luck, built on trust."
He takes a breath and opens his mouth to continue, but before he can ramble on he cuts himself off, Raven's question cuts him off, and he realies that she's suddenly a lot closer than she had been only moments ago. He closes his eyes for a moment and puts his arms around her, but the question stumps him because of course he wants something more, he would love to have a life full of love where he can settle down and start a family. But he's never really allowed himself to think that could happen for him, being a mutant sets him apart from everyone else, and he loves his work too much, loses himself in it, although he knows from having Raven there to pull him out of it that he wouldn't work quite as much if he had a good reason not to.
"Isn't that what everyone would like to have in their lives? Something more."