[He crosses his arms over his chest, but the action isn't defensive. It's awkward. He knows how bad his reason sounds; it's why he hasn't talked about it to anyone but Charles, who didn't already have a good opinion of him.]
I didn't know what it was about. Or what Erik had done. [That much is defensive. He doesn't want to sound like a villain, offering to break out a killer.] They were the first mutants I'd ever met, you know.
[It's not really an answer, it's just a stall for time.]
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I didn't know what it was about. Or what Erik had done. [That much is defensive. He doesn't want to sound like a villain, offering to break out a killer.] They were the first mutants I'd ever met, you know.
[It's not really an answer, it's just a stall for time.]