Erik doesn't flinch, aware that he has not sought out Charles as often as he should have, but given the circumstances of years between them, he feels that he is due some time to properly reflect on how he wants to cope with them. "Can you read all their minds? Even those who are so flip and quick to dismiss us?" Erik has noticed, in his time, that they are not all alike. There are some who are quicker to ignore, to pretend there is nothing beyond these borders.