"One never knows with Kurt," he said with a sigh. "I think it may have been more for the sake of having one... or perhaps to take my mind from things. Unfortunately, it seems both of us were pulled away. You, to the meetings as was the Professor. I, sadly, was in space attempting to save a ruined space station from an alien menace we barely survived."
He shook his head. "I am told that Ororo attempted to warn us, if that is truly her," he said, frowning and pausing. "There is much that is confusing of late, ... Scott." Oh, how he hated to drop formalities like that, but the man did insist. Formalities were the life's blood of maintaining good decorum.
"Still, with Sinister apparently gone, perhaps there will be peace while we deal with Magneto," he added. "However he learned of our various removals from the base, we cannot allow the attack to leave this place in a heap, now can we?"