She- [He stops before he can finish the protest, because even if she hadn't said anything, they still might have destroyed her life. He wouldn't really put it past someone like Stryker to order her tortured, or locked up, or something else, and that had been what he'd clung to when he thought about how he was doing this for her own good, that it was safer for everyone if she didn't remember, but.
When he finds his voice again, it's thick with emotion, although thankfully he isn't on the verge of tears, which would just be embarrassing.]
I loved her, Erik. You- [But he cuts himself off again, because it feels too much like an accusation, to say Erik didn't understand how hard it had been for him to go through everything without his best friend, or his sister, or Moira, and even though he was upset, he didn't want to rub salt in old wounds any more than he had to.] I'm tired of pushing the people I care for away.
[Private]
When he finds his voice again, it's thick with emotion, although thankfully he isn't on the verge of tears, which would just be embarrassing.]
I loved her, Erik. You- [But he cuts himself off again, because it feels too much like an accusation, to say Erik didn't understand how hard it had been for him to go through everything without his best friend, or his sister, or Moira, and even though he was upset, he didn't want to rub salt in old wounds any more than he had to.] I'm tired of pushing the people I care for away.