I know. [And he had been optimistic and lonely and in way over his head, and it's strange to really see it so plainly illustrated, that maybe becoming less naive and more realistic wasn't such a bad thing after all, when he had spent so much time feeling miserable about it before.]

I know this is sort of a weighted issue, considering what we've seen here, [Although Charles would still argue that Erik would be a perfectly good - and perhaps actually somewhat exceptional - parent.] But there's no reason you couldn't, once we go home. We stopped Shaw.