[It's how Cuba should have gone, really. Erik hesitates for a moment - he'd been about to shift the magnetic field around Charles to let him float - but given Charles' exhaustion, he can 'hear' those hang ups, and decides against it.
Instead, he stretches out his hand, rising for leverage to pull Charles up.]
Only you would be verbose after being stabbed, [he mutters dryly.]
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Instead, he stretches out his hand, rising for leverage to pull Charles up.]
Only you would be verbose after being stabbed, [he mutters dryly.]