[Charles lets him process, picking up on the edges of thoughts, but doesn't say anything or contribute until Erik sits down again.]
I don't think I like the sound of it much, to be terribly honest.
[For a number of reasons. Erik had become such an integral part of his life that it was almost hard to imagine there had been a time before they'd known each other, and if he didn't exist - or if they'd just never met, if he'd died, or never been born - who was going to be there to stubbornly try to save him from himself? He didn't like what he'd heard about his other counterparts, but at least that had held true, for the most part.]
[Spam]
I don't think I like the sound of it much, to be terribly honest.
[For a number of reasons. Erik had become such an integral part of his life that it was almost hard to imagine there had been a time before they'd known each other, and if he didn't exist - or if they'd just never met, if he'd died, or never been born - who was going to be there to stubbornly try to save him from himself? He didn't like what he'd heard about his other counterparts, but at least that had held true, for the most part.]