[he holds his hands up in a placating gesture. while he still believes in the point he'd been trying to make, he hadn't expected such a volatile reaction. if anything, he'd mostly expected charles to ignore him or to flat out refuse his proposal. not to share those details. not to reiterate just how much of a bastard kurt was, regardless of the reality.]

Charles, I have...personal reasons for disliking Raven. And I apologise for allowing them to translate across to this situation. [a pause, and he ducks a little to try and regain that eye contact again.]

But it doesn't change the fact that they were all wrong. Kurt, Sharon, the doctors. You have a gift that they can't hope to understand, and one that makes you better than every single one of them.

You may not be able to change your past, but you have the opportunity to choose your own future now. You don't have to hide anymore. Least of all from us. [the other mutants there.]