I don't - hmm. It's more for you, actually. [ Turning to him with a fair amount of levity injected into his demeanor, playfulness giving way to serenity. ] I know you don't like talking about the camps. I've been circumspect enough in our time knowing each other to never look into the specifics; even with no psychic training, it was as though you'd built walls around all of it, or scar tissue healed over, something similar. And I thought, as long as you're here...

[ Charles lowers his eyes to the cover, unsure of how best to gauge Erik's reaction. ] Maybe, it'd be okay to show you mine. My experiences trying to handle my abilities in the beginning. That, if I did, your childhood - [ he stops, frustrated with the reluctant way the words come. ] You could feel less alone, seeing that yours isn't the only ability that pain unlocked.