[The new phone is water proof mwhahahahaha so no more suicides by water!]
Charles would not be happy Aurus was playing mind games with his friend. Really? (No okay he would be amused.) Aurus did have an advantage that in some ways, Hank McCoy could be a little naive and think the good in people, something that would come out more and more the older he became, but he was a smart cookie. So as he listened to Aurus explain himself, his brows came together, listening closely, deciding on what road to take this down. If Aurus had some sort of eye on Charles, it felt like he should make sure there were no ill intentions there. That was... to put it politely, a hot bed of issues waiting to explode and he didn't need Charles being set back because of something this stranger did. At the same time, he knew he could be misreading it, given the differences in said cultures, and decided to be on the generous side and believe this was innocent. For now.
"As far as the mutants go, it depends entirely on the individual. The students and staff here are generally more open about talking about their abilities, some more than others," he didn't, but only a certain amount of people knew what his was at all and he was fine to keep it that way, "but outside of the school, you don't ask. Some want to hide what the are - fear of reprisal, fear of others, embarrassment." Something he and Charles had both learned the hard way.
"...is there something more specific you want to know?" And there was the next move in the game. He finished dusting sand off into the bin and walked it over to put beside the door when he left.
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Charles would not be happy Aurus was playing mind games with his friend. Really? (No okay he would be amused.) Aurus did have an advantage that in some ways, Hank McCoy could be a little naive and think the good in people, something that would come out more and more the older he became, but he was a smart cookie. So as he listened to Aurus explain himself, his brows came together, listening closely, deciding on what road to take this down. If Aurus had some sort of eye on Charles, it felt like he should make sure there were no ill intentions there. That was... to put it politely, a hot bed of issues waiting to explode and he didn't need Charles being set back because of something this stranger did. At the same time, he knew he could be misreading it, given the differences in said cultures, and decided to be on the generous side and believe this was innocent. For now.
"As far as the mutants go, it depends entirely on the individual. The students and staff here are generally more open about talking about their abilities, some more than others," he didn't, but only a certain amount of people knew what his was at all and he was fine to keep it that way, "but outside of the school, you don't ask. Some want to hide what the are - fear of reprisal, fear of others, embarrassment." Something he and Charles had both learned the hard way.
"...is there something more specific you want to know?" And there was the next move in the game. He finished dusting sand off into the bin and walked it over to put beside the door when he left.