He'd tell me if he felt like I was. And because- [And maybe this isn't fair, but she hadn't let him do this, and maybe that was why things had gone wrong.] I've been in his mind. A lot, actually.

[Which was another difference. She hadn't given him that trust, and she'd never said anything, never really sat him down and tried to explain until it was too late. He knew he was at fault, too, but the accusations that he'd do that to Erik after everything they'd been through hurt.]

We've gotten a lot closer since we've been here, Raven. I'm not saying this to hurt you, but you have no idea what we've been through. I wouldn't be here right now if it weren't for Erik, in more ways than one. [He could have gone home after Tony graduated, but he also might have let himself totally collapse on himself after the Vanquish if Erik hadn't been there to make him put himself back together.] We're different people.

[But he sounds more sad than anything else when he says it.]