[He looks back to her at the sudden movement, a question in his eyes.]
I know you are. You've never ceased to pursue our goal. [And it is their goal, for all the grief that's come between them. Erik is thankful that Charles understands, finally, that there are some things he simply can't budge on. Can't concede. He isn't wrong to seek out a more direct approach, make a different now instead of hoping vainly that humanity will change if they keep holding out their palms to them to show they mean no harm. Humans mean them harm; that much won't change.]
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I know you are. You've never ceased to pursue our goal. [And it is their goal, for all the grief that's come between them. Erik is thankful that Charles understands, finally, that there are some things he simply can't budge on. Can't concede. He isn't wrong to seek out a more direct approach, make a different now instead of hoping vainly that humanity will change if they keep holding out their palms to them to show they mean no harm. Humans mean them harm; that much won't change.]