[Oh she's certain there's more to it, with Magneto there always was several other sides to the story, but she's not about to needle him further on it after his earlier reaction.]
It rarely does. Violence tends to encourage more violence, no matter the species. [Spoken like someone who's experienced this first hand, and repeatedly.]
Ah should make you say 'please' for bein' a jerk earlier. [Rogue comments with a tilt of her head, a slight smile quirking on her lips. It's an attempt to reinstall some of that playfulness into their interaction.]
Now ah probably ain't the best to explain this, but we're each from a universe, right? We all are. [She makes a motion to the common room.] Which means there are multiple universes.
[Now how to explain further? She hums and chews a bit on her lip before a grin splits over her features.] Think of how evolution splits and over time, species grow further apart. Now imagine that evolutionary tree splits in one place in one Earth, and a different place in another. Perhaps the split's the only thing that changes, or maybe there are cascading effects that cause the second Earth to be completely unrecognizable from the first.
Now imagine the trees are timelines and the splits are major events. Sometimes the same people exist but have led completely different lives, or other times there ain't much of a difference.
[She pauses, doubting that she's explaining it right. Hank would have done a better job.]
Ah just know they exist, and that friends have met alternate versions of themselves before--been to other universes. Then there's this place. [Oh hello frustration. She looks away as her voice betrays her emotion.] Ah've met people ah know here who ain't got a clue who ah am an' some ain't even heard of mutants. Teammates and past romances lookin' at me like ah'm a stranger.
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It rarely does. Violence tends to encourage more violence, no matter the species. [Spoken like someone who's experienced this first hand, and repeatedly.]
Ah should make you say 'please' for bein' a jerk earlier. [Rogue comments with a tilt of her head, a slight smile quirking on her lips. It's an attempt to reinstall some of that playfulness into their interaction.]
Now ah probably ain't the best to explain this, but we're each from a universe, right? We all are. [She makes a motion to the common room.] Which means there are multiple universes.
[Now how to explain further? She hums and chews a bit on her lip before a grin splits over her features.] Think of how evolution splits and over time, species grow further apart. Now imagine that evolutionary tree splits in one place in one Earth, and a different place in another. Perhaps the split's the only thing that changes, or maybe there are cascading effects that cause the second Earth to be completely unrecognizable from the first.
Now imagine the trees are timelines and the splits are major events. Sometimes the same people exist but have led completely different lives, or other times there ain't much of a difference.
[She pauses, doubting that she's explaining it right. Hank would have done a better job.]
Ah just know they exist, and that friends have met alternate versions of themselves before--been to other universes. Then there's this place. [Oh hello frustration. She looks away as her voice betrays her emotion.] Ah've met people ah know here who ain't got a clue who ah am an' some ain't even heard of mutants. Teammates and past romances lookin' at me like ah'm a stranger.