Which is why we don't tell them. What better way to establish a control group is there? I'll be able to observe in ways no one else can and still proceed with the interviews according to the parameters set by the study. Think it two projects running parallel of each other: one for the academics, and one for us.
[ is it ethical? absolutely not. but charles is happy enough to bend the rules a little if it means finding new ways to understand how humanity works. how he can help bring mutants and humans together. ]
[ admittedly, that wasn't what charles had been thinking about in terms of repercussions. ]
Things can change, Erik. People can be good, if we could find common ground, and even when we can't. If we could give one another the chance to do what is right. People can rise to the occasion, my friend.
The only way they'd accept us is if they can control us. Maybe you should play the role of the puppeteer instead. You can't tell me you haven't thought about it.
What's the worst thing you've ever done, Charles? Come on. Tell me.
I'm not so arrogant to say I've never thought about it. It's precisely why I can't be the one to attempt it.
[ the next message, when it comes, takes a good few minutes to arrive. charles has never outright killed a man, nor by his hands, but his lack of skill in causing physical harm has never meant he's harmless. ]
I destroyed a man's mind, once. Left him a vegetable. All he'd ever done was think nothing more than what a man might think of an attractive woman like my mother. And I was a child. I wanted to see what I could do.
Control cannot be the only thing we rely on, Erik. We must nurture kindness and goodness in each of us too.
That's messed up. But he probably deserved it. ( definitely not what he'd expected from charles, but clearly it was a mistake and he'd done so unintentionally. )
Kindness and goodness, they're wonderful traits to have, sure... At least, for some people. Being nice never got me anywhere I needed to be.
What time will you be done with your research? I'm about to prepare dinner. Ordered pizza for everyone else.
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[ is it ethical? absolutely not. but charles is happy enough to bend the rules a little if it means finding new ways to understand how humanity works. how he can help bring mutants and humans together. ]
You won't tell anyone, yes?
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( so no. he won't say a word of it to anyone. it's not his business anyway what charles does. )
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Things can change, Erik. People can be good, if we could find common ground, and even when we can't. If we could give one another the chance to do what is right. People can rise to the occasion, my friend.
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What's the worst thing you've ever done, Charles? Come on. Tell me.
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[ the next message, when it comes, takes a good few minutes to arrive. charles has never outright killed a man, nor by his hands, but his lack of skill in causing physical harm has never meant he's harmless. ]
I destroyed a man's mind, once. Left him a vegetable. All he'd ever done was think nothing more than what a man might think of an attractive woman like my mother. And I was a child. I wanted to see what I could do.
Control cannot be the only thing we rely on, Erik. We must nurture kindness and goodness in each of us too.
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Kindness and goodness, they're wonderful traits to have, sure...
At least, for some people.
Being nice never got me anywhere I needed to be.
What time will you be done with your research? I'm about to prepare dinner. Ordered pizza for everyone else.
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