Pre-service: Shatterstar, anti-mutant protesters, and Erik
As he corresponded with this man, Erik naturally drew notice of his facial tattoo and that glowing eye in his left socket. Those same features that scared the ignorant human protesters fascinated him.
When the man introduced himself as Shatterstar and claimed to be from Mojoworld, everything began to make more sense. He had never been to this other dimension himself but he was well aware that students from the Xavier and Stark schools had been kidnapped and brought there nearly nine years ago. Evidently this Shatterstar was one of the gladiators, potentially even one that had been made to fight the students.
With the crowd and the men that never seemed to draw too far from Shatterstar-Erik presumed now that they were doubtless SHIELD agents-Erik was hardly about to reveal his own true self, so instead he took the hand that was offered and shook it as he offered, "You may call me Joseph. Joseph Callahan. What brings you so far from your own home?"