"I would be interested in seeing what you've done," Mystique agreed, nodding. Forge's mind worked in ways hers couldn't begin to think of, and a new approach to the same problem rarely went wrong. She was thinking biologically, but if he could accomplish something mechanically ...
She took another sip of her coffee. The question, of course, was whether she was willing to subject one of her people to someone else's ministrations, however brutal her own had been. Well, that was what he got for getting sloppy.
She gestured to the folder again. "You can keep that," Mystique told the young man. "And if you have something you think might work ... we'll see about testing it out. I'd rather you not kill my man."