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[mistressofelements]

"We stop trying to steamroll each other. When a problem comes up we talk, we plan missions together. Like you and Charles used to do."

Though hopefully with a less tragic end result than what happened between the two friends.

[prefers_magneto]

That sounded good. Almost too good to be true. He'd liked the back and forth with Charles. He'd liked the challenge. But did he even remember how to collaborate in that way? After they parted, he'd returned to his old fallback of relying on himself.

"Talk. And if we can't agree?"

Does she tell him to fuck off like Charles had all those years ago?

We want the same thing.

I'm sorry, my friend. But we do not.

"Then what?"

[mistressofelements]

"We figure it out. Together. If we can't then... We'll cross that bridge when we get to it."

It most likely would not sound particularly reassuring to him, but it was what she had to offer.

[prefers_magneto]

He watches her for another long, wary moment.

"Figure it out. Tell me about the lab, then. What if it was you I consulted about that?"

[mistressofelements]

"While I did like the thought of burning the place to the ground, what I would have recommended would have been to infiltrate the place and find out what they know, and what they were going to do, and I would have made sure that the information spread. Then I would have watched the situation to see what happened."

Not good enough in his eyes, she knew that, but she was going to be honest with him.

"You know, you should spend some time with Kurt. You could learn a lot from him."

[prefers_magneto]

"Mystique did infiltrate the place." He crossed his arms. "You think going public with what they were doing would have helped us? You don't think the overwhelming response to 'they're weaponizing the cure to destroy all mutants' wouldn't be met by a collective human sigh of relief?"