[ At Magneto's reply--immediate, uncompromising--Matt's rueful expression fades into something soberer. He believes that too. It's not good enough. In a way, it might be worse.
He gives a grateful nod when Magneto agrees to accompany him, and leads them out across the grounds. Not very far--just through a gap in a row of secretive hedges, placing them in the cool, green center of a sort of leafy courtyard. Not part of the Roman makeover. Matt glances around, making sure he's not standing close enough to anything to cause it to catch. ]
Um. [ Glancing back to Erik. ] It's not a secret or anything, I just ...
[ He lifts a hand, palm up. Focuses his breath for a moment.
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He gives a grateful nod when Magneto agrees to accompany him, and leads them out across the grounds. Not very far--just through a gap in a row of secretive hedges, placing them in the cool, green center of a sort of leafy courtyard. Not part of the Roman makeover. Matt glances around, making sure he's not standing close enough to anything to cause it to catch. ]
Um. [ Glancing back to Erik. ] It's not a secret or anything, I just ...
[ He lifts a hand, palm up. Focuses his breath for a moment.
An orange flame appears over his open hand. ]