And you expect to come back from this, do you. [Though it's starting to creep in through Charles' head, pouring down his spine, that Erik means to throw his life away on this if he has to. Charles' pacifism counts for nothing if he has to watch people get hurt, watch the children get picked off, but Erik will either kill Shaw and look to the horizon for the next battle because that's who he is, or he'll die, even with Charles' help. Either way, Charles loses him, in mind and body. Charles needs him to see this, that it's not blind idealism that guides him, but his unwillingness to sacrifice those he loves in the name of what amounts to no victory at all.
Very calmly, Charles raises his fingertips to his temple. Erik lifts the gun, aiming at Charles' head.]
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Very calmly, Charles raises his fingertips to his temple. Erik lifts the gun, aiming at Charles' head.]