"Your father and I have always been as calm as people needed us to be." A pause. "It's probably saved our lives... that ability to remain level-headed." Emma had gotten used to putting on a brave face in the worst situation. She'd had to in order to get through the very worst. Losing students, losing almost all the world's mutants... this sort of thing had hardened her.
"But," and when she said this, she watched Darius' shoulders, "you cannot always keep calm. Especially after severe traumas. I know this from experience."