No, he wouldn't push her to do what she couldn't - he would just have faith that she could until she told him otherwise. He pushed, yeah, he'd pushed them all. He'd also gotten some of them killed, but there was always a bigger cause. Breaking Marie in the name of saving her wasn't who he was, or what he did.
He needed her to live, though. Tonight, more than ever, he really needed to be able to do something to see one of those kids - who weren't kids at all anymore - make it.
So, he stayed quiet and gave her the space she needed to do what she had to do. He drank his own soup, soaked in the heat of the fire and let the heat from the flames sink deeper into him. He didn't really seem to be thinking about anything at all, but he was. He was looking for a way to end this, thinking about Charles and Erik and kids they had lost.
Thinking about the kid Marie had been, when she'd been begging to borrow her bike or showing just a little too much Logan. Just - thinking, but steering well clear of thoughts of Jean.
When she spoke he put his own (empty) cup down and pushed it aside.
"When was the last time you saw me back out?" there was the same 'trying to joke' there for him, but he wasn't pulling it off either. He'd made a commitment, he was keeping it. "Let's see what we've got to work with."
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No, he wouldn't push her to do what she couldn't - he would just have faith that she could until she told him otherwise. He pushed, yeah, he'd pushed them all. He'd also gotten some of them killed, but there was always a bigger cause. Breaking Marie in the name of saving her wasn't who he was, or what he did.
He needed her to live, though. Tonight, more than ever, he really needed to be able to do something to see one of those kids - who weren't kids at all anymore - make it.
So, he stayed quiet and gave her the space she needed to do what she had to do. He drank his own soup, soaked in the heat of the fire and let the heat from the flames sink deeper into him. He didn't really seem to be thinking about anything at all, but he was. He was looking for a way to end this, thinking about Charles and Erik and kids they had lost.
Thinking about the kid Marie had been, when she'd been begging to borrow her bike or showing just a little too much Logan. Just - thinking, but steering well clear of thoughts of Jean.
When she spoke he put his own (empty) cup down and pushed it aside.
"When was the last time you saw me back out?" there was the same 'trying to joke' there for him, but he wasn't pulling it off either. He'd made a commitment, he was keeping it. "Let's see what we've got to work with."