( Charles in time will be able to shut off everything so it pains him much less, the problem is volume for him. And ability. And his damned lack of current practice. He's spent years without hearing voices, years locked only inside his own mind, for better or for worse. Before that, he was highly trained from childhood so that he was always in control of his gifts, although even back then he might have struggled with a full city of minds. He still would have been better prepared and more competent. As it is, these are muscles he has not stretched in a long time.)
I will. Half of them.
(If she isn't that hungry, it means she is somewhat hungry, and she was willing to continue that in exchange for feeding him. A good sign for a person who is so intentionally shut down to other minds. It's fascinating. He could probably poke at it to see the extent of what she's done, but that would defeat the purpose of what she is doing, and be terribly rude because of it. He's only met one other person with mind abilities, and she was not a very nice woman. Certainly not the kind who would give a stranger food when she was hungry.)
My name is Charles Xavier. It's quite kind of you to offer food to a stranger.
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I will. Half of them.
(If she isn't that hungry, it means she is somewhat hungry, and she was willing to continue that in exchange for feeding him. A good sign for a person who is so intentionally shut down to other minds. It's fascinating. He could probably poke at it to see the extent of what she's done, but that would defeat the purpose of what she is doing, and be terribly rude because of it. He's only met one other person with mind abilities, and she was not a very nice woman. Certainly not the kind who would give a stranger food when she was hungry.)
My name is Charles Xavier. It's quite kind of you to offer food to a stranger.