Re: Telepathic link: Preston R/Erik L
A skilled telepath would be overwhelmed by what is happening right now. You're going to get yourself killed. [And why should he care? He shouldn't. Erik is bothered by that idea, outside of the fact he tries to care for mutants. Not as people, but as soldiers. He calls them family, but he doesn't know family. He only knows war.
The cartoons and comic book frames are confusing. The bald man made Erik laugh.] Never tell him about that, he loves his hair. [He's sick, and his guard is down, and he remembers what he said. No, not loves. Past tense.] Loved. [He is a mass of murky feelings, shooting in every possible direction. Erik's emotions are powerful, even the lighter ones.] I shot him again. No chair this time.
[Swirl of anger, and for a moment, it's self-hate, it's recrimination of his own choices that led to that result. Charles in a chair and Charles dead. Raven too. Raven who he planned on killing to save mutants. He pushes it aside.] What do you know of Xavier? What do you know? [Rising anger again.] What did Shaw tell you?