[ Erik laughs softly. How thoroughly he had fucked things up with Raven. What an idiot he was. ]

Don't forget to reach out to talk. She doesn't want you to abandon her. She just wants you to trust her.

[ He looks away, out the window. Like if he kept looking he might see her emerge. Or one of the others ripple and shift into that familiar blue form.

It's for the best she's not there. She'd probably shoot him in the throat again. ]

She's smarter and more capable than either of us.