SIXTY TWO ✖ VIDEO

[wedonot]

[He's almost not sure if he wants to put himself out there considering the last time this happened, he was pretty much miserable afterwards, but as much as that's true, he's in a much better place this time around, and he does really miss quite a few people from back home.

And you know, always good to make sure Hank and Darwin haven't let Sean destroy the house by accident in their absence.]

This is Dr. Charles Xavier. If there's anyone out there from home- [You know who you are.] I'd appreciate hearing from you.

[Private to Zane]

[Someone's been keeping an eye on Kelsier's post, and he's definitely noticed that things seem to be getting sort of out of control. He's concerned, and decides to shoot Zane a message.]

Where are you?

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[atomicsponge]

Just as vulnerable - as me. It's a hell of a delusion if you think you're as vulnerable as those multitudes out there.

:3

[wedonot]

I don't know why I should bother confiding this in a dead man, let alone one who's never going to listen, [And really, of all people, you.] but I've had more than enough proof that I am, and thinking otherwise is exceptionally foolish.

[atomicsponge]

You live in a fantasy, Charles. You have eyes in a world of the blind, and you close them out of fear.

[wedonot]

I'm not afraid, and my eyes certainly aren't closed.

[atomicsponge]

And yet.

How many people make you promise that you'll never read their mind?

[wedonot]

Your point being?

[atomicsponge]

They hate what you are. Every moment you don't use your abilities is a moment you've spent apologizing for them.

[wedonot]

Yes, how dare they want their basic right to privacy.

[atomicsponge]

That right is a fiction. Against you.

[wedonot]

No, it isn't. I certainly don't appreciate just anyone digging around in my mind, and that doesn't make me hate what I am or people like me.

[atomicsponge]

And so it's all right for them to hate you for what you are?

[wedonot]

There will always be bigots in the world, Shaw. That doesn't mean the rest of us need to stoop to their level. Or side with them because it suits our own purpose.

[atomicsponge]

You can't stoop to their level. You're in a class of your own.

[wedonot]

But you're not.

[atomicsponge]

I'm in the same class as you, Charles.

[wedonot]

No, you're not. You may be a mutant, but you're a bigot and someone who thinks it's in a child's best interest to torture them in the name of achieving their full potential. You allied yourself with the Nazis and didn't care that they were committing genocide because it suited your own twisted ideas. We're nothing alike.

[atomicsponge]

We both know what it is to look down at humanity from above.

To know that we are among ants.

The difference is, you don't like it. And you won't accept it.

[wedonot]

Because it isn't true.

[atomicsponge]

If an ordinary man attacked you, you could turn his mind to jelly. You could make him forget he ever wanted to hurt you. You could - freeze him in place. A mind is an open book to you.

[wedonot]

I could, but that doesn't make his life less worthwhile.

[atomicsponge]

It doesn't make him less. It makes you more.

[wedonot]

It makes me different.

[atomicsponge]

Out of his reach.

[wedonot]

What are you hoping to accomplish here?

[atomicsponge]

We're just having a conversation, Charles. Is there something wrong with that?