[ Well— while metal exists in nature, usually when Erik makes use of the metal surrounding him, it's a structural part of a lot of man-made things. It tends to cause some chaos and just generally wreck several things around him; buildings, infrastructures, machinery, and such. He also cares very little about said destruction when he thinks he has good reason to use his powers like that. ]

I hardly think that will happen.

[ He has no artistic inclinations whatsoever. Still, he understands it for the joke it is and shoots her an amused look, before moving back to the topic of Charles's school. ]

I was neither. Charles wanted me to stay, he asked several times, but— [ He trails off, takes a breath, then shrugs. ] Things just didn't work out that way. I'm sure he thought he could wear me down, with time.

[ And maybe he wasn't so wrong. Erik was genuinely tempted once or twice. ]