"Pain that's gone after, only a memory." But he nods agreement, he wasn't too thrilled with being shot either. Rather let this dream run it's course naturally.
He takes a step closer, planning on saying 'want to talk about it', when the sniper pulls the trigger. Charles freezes in place as the bullet just barely misses him and embeds itself in the ground instead. He turns quickly to look around where that could have come from...