"It's fine, Charles. It happens. You may even regain the memories," he says, hand gripped on his shoulder. "Do you need a moment?"

He understands that this might be a little... rough. When he first arrived here, he felt alone. Even though Billy was here, they'd never met before. And plenty of people had known about him, but Erik hadn't known a single person.

It had been jarring. It had taken him months to adjust.

He tries to project this to Charles.