[ Charles is quiet at first. Obviously he's met his older self so he knows that Raven has always been close to him, if very far apart at the same time. But he absolutely knows why this was not public knowledge. ]
I suspect it's because it is painful, Scott, and I've never been good at talking about my own pain.
[ Charles is great at listening to other people. He makes it his business in fact, and he has always been a sounding board for others. He lacks judgment, kindness is his natural instinct, and he wants to help. His future self said that embracing pain is what will make him stronger, and in literal ways it's true, but in personal ways, it's still not the greater urge in him. ]
My sister Raven left with Erik when our paths diverged. I started the school and the two of them continued on a more ... aggressive approach as mutant leaders.
[ That is a mild way of putting it, he knows that, but Charles has always given the two of them a mile instead of an inch. At this point in time they hadn't become the mutant terrorists they would do some day, but perhaps he has helped Raven straighten her path once more. And that future will not have to exist the way it was written before because he was able to reach her. That's his greatest hope right now. He doesn't know if he'll ever get her to come home to him, but knowing she is alive has to be enough. ]
You may know her as Mystique. It is the name she adopted when she created our codenames. She was ... a very hopeful and big-hearted person then. Thrilled by the family we were creating with other mutants.
[ So her enthusiasm for naming everyone what they would eventually be known as, including Magneto and Professor X, came from a place of excitement and love. That is how Charles still sees her and it's difficult for him to lose that vision. He understands her better now, and that he's been infantilizing her for far too long. ]
We were adopted siblings and inseparable until our views no longer aligned.
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I suspect it's because it is painful, Scott, and I've never been good at talking about my own pain.
[ Charles is great at listening to other people. He makes it his business in fact, and he has always been a sounding board for others. He lacks judgment, kindness is his natural instinct, and he wants to help. His future self said that embracing pain is what will make him stronger, and in literal ways it's true, but in personal ways, it's still not the greater urge in him. ]
My sister Raven left with Erik when our paths diverged. I started the school and the two of them continued on a more ... aggressive approach as mutant leaders.
[ That is a mild way of putting it, he knows that, but Charles has always given the two of them a mile instead of an inch. At this point in time they hadn't become the mutant terrorists they would do some day, but perhaps he has helped Raven straighten her path once more. And that future will not have to exist the way it was written before because he was able to reach her. That's his greatest hope right now. He doesn't know if he'll ever get her to come home to him, but knowing she is alive has to be enough. ]
You may know her as Mystique. It is the name she adopted when she created our codenames. She was ... a very hopeful and big-hearted person then. Thrilled by the family we were creating with other mutants.
[ So her enthusiasm for naming everyone what they would eventually be known as, including Magneto and Professor X, came from a place of excitement and love. That is how Charles still sees her and it's difficult for him to lose that vision. He understands her better now, and that he's been infantilizing her for far too long. ]
We were adopted siblings and inseparable until our views no longer aligned.