[ His eyes go wide the moment his cheek touches her and he feels the drain, like sucking the life right out of him. He gasps and doesn't even struggle to get away, so immediate it is.
He should have known better...
It surprises him to a point where he lets go completely on the control he usually has on his powers and while she's experiencing his memories, so is he. Everything from the stilted childhood, questionable adult relationships included, his bone deep love for Raven, endless years of school and learning and learning, struggling with his telepathy, and then more recently meeting Erik and the rest of the mutant kids. Somewhere in there is Moira, like a glimmering little star. It doesn't end there, though, but she's going to get blasted with Erik's side of the story all the way until Erik's timeline. Great thing about telepathic loops is that there's very little privacy in there...
She's now the person who knows the most about him, including his fears and struggle with his hubris, his pride and stark fear of himself and what he could do if he put his mind to it.
No, he's an evil Professor, but there's that kernel of possibility right there, sleeping within him.
He gives a stuttering gasp as he stumbles back, pushed away and almost falls onto his knees. Had there been no wall behind his back, he would have. ]
...What... did you ... [ He almost asks what she did to him and then struggles to find a different approach. He might not be her serene professor but that possibility is also there, strong and just waiting to be honed to perfection. ]
That is your mutation, isn't it? Activated by skin contact.
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He should have known better...
It surprises him to a point where he lets go completely on the control he usually has on his powers and while she's experiencing his memories, so is he. Everything from the stilted childhood, questionable adult relationships included, his bone deep love for Raven, endless years of school and learning and learning, struggling with his telepathy, and then more recently meeting Erik and the rest of the mutant kids. Somewhere in there is Moira, like a glimmering little star. It doesn't end there, though, but she's going to get blasted with Erik's side of the story all the way until Erik's timeline. Great thing about telepathic loops is that there's very little privacy in there...
She's now the person who knows the most about him, including his fears and struggle with his hubris, his pride and stark fear of himself and what he could do if he put his mind to it.
No, he's an evil Professor, but there's that kernel of possibility right there, sleeping within him.
He gives a stuttering gasp as he stumbles back, pushed away and almost falls onto his knees. Had there been no wall behind his back, he would have. ]
...What... did you ... [ He almost asks what she did to him and then struggles to find a different approach. He might not be her serene professor but that possibility is also there, strong and just waiting to be honed to perfection. ]
That is your mutation, isn't it? Activated by skin contact.