"That's...good. I'm glad." There was an ever-so-slight hesitation. She didn't begrudge him his chances at happiness. Really, she didn't. Especially when one of those had ended in such tragedy. But she did mourn for the chance to have been a part of it.

She'd made her choice years ago and it wasn't a choice between Erik and Charles. Instead, her choice had been for the mutant children. Charles tried to teach them, but someone needed to protect them and teach them how to protect themselves.

She'd tried for ten years to do it on her own, but now she had the backing of Charles and his money.