You should never shut up and be what anyone wants you to be. [There's some heat there, and he shifts a little so he can catch her eye. She must know that's not what anyone wants, though now he wonders.]
Needing to sort yourself out isn't a crime, and you're not guilty for wanting it. Raven, he's not your prince. Forever isn't a reality. And he doesn't have the power - or the desire - to make you disappear. No one does.
[He has to pause, muster himself, because even now, almost two years later, after Charles forgiving him at every turn, he feels the guilt.]
We left him there injured. Paralyzed. [It's in his voice; he blames himself.] You wanted to come with me. What would you have done, if he'd asked you to stay? If he'd rebuilt Cerebro and hunted you down after you told him you wanted to go?
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Needing to sort yourself out isn't a crime, and you're not guilty for wanting it. Raven, he's not your prince. Forever isn't a reality. And he doesn't have the power - or the desire - to make you disappear. No one does.
[He has to pause, muster himself, because even now, almost two years later, after Charles forgiving him at every turn, he feels the guilt.]
We left him there injured. Paralyzed. [It's in his voice; he blames himself.] You wanted to come with me. What would you have done, if he'd asked you to stay? If he'd rebuilt Cerebro and hunted you down after you told him you wanted to go?