[ Erik sees no reason to be anything other than vague. The man is barely an acquaintance at the moment, so it's not like he feels particularly inclined to share his whole personal history, or the history of his own worlds. So yes, events occurred. ]
Of course it wasn't, [ He mutters, tired and not ever surprised by people's capacity for intolerance and hatred. ] People always fear what they don't understand.
[ And they saw mutants as a danger, as a sign of their own extinction. Erik will admit now that he was often among those who gave them all the more reason to fear, but then he didn't throw that first stone. He simply stood for his cause. ]
When you say 'us', what do you mean?
[ Not mutants, but something else? Powered people, in some form or another. Whatever it is, Erik is evidently interested. ]
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Of course it wasn't, [ He mutters, tired and not ever surprised by people's capacity for intolerance and hatred. ] People always fear what they don't understand.
[ And they saw mutants as a danger, as a sign of their own extinction. Erik will admit now that he was often among those who gave them all the more reason to fear, but then he didn't throw that first stone. He simply stood for his cause. ]
When you say 'us', what do you mean?
[ Not mutants, but something else? Powered people, in some form or another. Whatever it is, Erik is evidently interested. ]