[ 'He's a mutant, like you'. A mutant grandchild with a mutant mother and uncle that has a mutant brother. Erik isn't sure how to feel, but the mixture of despair and relief flickers over him and trails down his spine like an ice cold touch. It isn't the idea of having children itself that is so disconcerting (though he must admit that having any at all is not something he had ever considered) it's the idea of them being grown, old enough to have their own, to have friends that were this boy's age.
But they're mutants.
Erik knows what he fights for; he fights for peace for his kind, for freedom and protection from the touch of humanity. He knows he would never have children if he thought the world would be unsafe for them, so he cannot believe that he would have any at any point soon. This means this boy, this child that knows his grandchildren, must be from a time in his future. It's the only thing that makes sense and it's something to focus on other than the agonising pull of the idea of there being enough sanctuary in the world for him to ever dare having a child of his own, let alone two. ]
Billy.
[ That must be the boy's name. Inconspicuous and as innocent as 'Erik', he supposes. He leans down, looking Teddy right in the eye. ]
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But they're mutants.
Erik knows what he fights for; he fights for peace for his kind, for freedom and protection from the touch of humanity. He knows he would never have children if he thought the world would be unsafe for them, so he cannot believe that he would have any at any point soon. This means this boy, this child that knows his grandchildren, must be from a time in his future. It's the only thing that makes sense and it's something to focus on other than the agonising pull of the idea of there being enough sanctuary in the world for him to ever dare having a child of his own, let alone two. ]
Billy.
[ That must be the boy's name. Inconspicuous and as innocent as 'Erik', he supposes. He leans down, looking Teddy right in the eye. ]
And his mother's name? His uncle and his brother?