"So much of my history is tied together with yours, I can't imagine what I would be today without you." It's not some kind of confession of devotion or anything of that sort. It's just a statement that Erik has had an awful lot to do with big decisions in Charles' life.

"No, I'm fine," he says a bit sharply. "I'm just..." There is the frustration again. Erik is Erik. He's familiar. Jean is familiar. But the rest of this is completely new to him and he doesn't know what he is supposed to do with it.