The...house. [It's offered so casually that it throws him right off. The kind of casual that, again, he never imagined he would hear aloud. Twenty years ago, he'd been more charmed than surprised, before everything had turned upside down. It's been long enough to blunt the resulting anger (and incidentally, the betrayal after that as well).
But it has not been near long enough to hear that, and understand it in the way it's given to him. Jean had stated as much, and he'd already struggled to comprehend it then.]
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But it has not been near long enough to hear that, and understand it in the way it's given to him. Jean had stated as much, and he'd already struggled to comprehend it then.]
Forgive me, Erik, I just never imagined I'd--
[But they both know that, don't they?]
What made you decide to take that on?