The Professor

[The Professor @IntraMentemTuam]

It's the greatest gift that I have...

To bear their pain without breaking.

And it's borne from the most human power...

Hope.

[The Professor @IntraMentemTuam]

Certainly makes a habit of complaining about me, doesn't he?

[Erιĸ Leнnѕнerr @MXGNETO_]

Charles slept soundly beside me all night. It is astonishing how peacefully a man can rest when he chooses to ignore the reality of human prejudice. I, on the other hand, spent hours just staring at the ceiling. Out there, humanity is waking up to line their pockets, follow their petty rules, and pretend they control the world. Do not let Charles’s comfortable dreams distract you from what lies ahead. The Brotherhood does not sleep on false promises. Be ready for today.

[The Professor @IntraMentemTuam]

Good morning, everyone.

How are we today?

[The Professor @IntraMentemTuam]

This is why you need me.

[The Professor @IntraMentemTuam]

No... it's actively choosing not to cause a scene.

I assure you, if you'd try it more often, it would be quite the treat for all of us.

[Erιĸ Leнnѕнerr @MXGNETO_]

I could have just moved those cars
out of our way with a flex of my hand. But you chose for us to sit in gridlock out of some absurd moral principle. That isn't virtue, Charles—it's actively choosing to be stuck.

[The Professor @IntraMentemTuam]

It's not /wasting time/...

It's realizing that sometimes we have to wait for things.

[Erιĸ Leнnѕнerr @MXGNETO_]

I have no desire to master the 'virtue' of wasting time.

[The Professor @IntraMentemTuam]

Patience is a virtue, my darling.

[Erιĸ Leнnѕнerr @MXGNETO_]

I had the displeasure of a parking garage with Charles today. Total gridlock because two grown adults were locked in a ten-minute standoff over a single space—one idling in the spot purely out of spite, the other honking violently. I turned to Charles and told him I could lift both sedans, stack them on the roof, and clear the lane in three seconds. He just sighed and said ‘We are waiting our turn, Erik. Do not touch the Hyundai.'

[The Professor @IntraMentemTuam]

Sometimes multiple times a day.

[Erιĸ Leнnѕнerr @MXGNETO_]

It’s a daily mantra…

[The Professor @IntraMentemTuam]

Well... it was nice while it lasted.

"What do you want?"

The chiding inquiry issued with a faint smirk, my eyes remaining closed and my position unmoved.

[Erιĸ Leнnѕнerr @MXGNETO_]

Never going to happen with Erik around. He strides into the room and unceremoniously flops on the bed next to him.

[The Professor @IntraMentemTuam]

Presently laying on my bed with the hopes of stealing just a few moments of peace.

[The Professor @IntraMentemTuam]

My real power.

[The Professor @IntraMentemTuam]

....

[Erιĸ Leнnѕнerr @MXGNETO_]

In my defence, they were both accidental…