Whilst Victor's attempt at remorse came as a surprise, the brand of it was undeniably his brother. And in a way Logan felt... oddly happy about it, stopping in the middle of the hall. Fortunately there weren't very many students about to stare at him and wonder what was wrong; Logan was, after all, rarely the type to be rendered stupefied. And he finally turned back, facing Victor with a look of both disbelief and... well, a clear willingness to listen.
Asking something like 'you mean that?' would be like calling out Victor's apology. Logan was sure that couldn't be the right course of action, at least not while they were inside where things could get broken. So instead, he nodded his head, grunting out a: "Would rather have you take your anger out on me than anyone else, anyway."
Logan rubbed the side of his neck, but his heart quailed in his chest at this mildly human side -- something he rarely ever got to see, at least since the wars.
Victor saw the shock on Jimmy's face as he looked back. Amber met brown and he nodded. The acceptance of his apology was all he wanted. He had felt bad about it when he learned the truth. When he had thought it was Jimmy, he had felt so betrayed. He had thought Jimmy had killed Birdy. But he couldn't even bring himself to kill him. He stopped.
"Charles said if I play nice, he might be able to help me the way Birdy did," he said. He followed Jimmy then.
Logan didn't doubt Charles' prowess, not in the least. Charles had never failed him before, and he knew Charles wouldn't fail Victor, either.
At least, if that was the right way to go about it. Logan wasn't completely convinced this entire exercise -- with Victor behaving in the school, amongst all the children -- wasn't an attempt on Charles' end to get him to calm down without the use of telepathy. But then again, Logan wasn't the one who could read minds, here.
"Then I guess you really are serious about this, huh." He entered his classroom, still empty with the kids out on break. "About teaming up with us."
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Asking something like 'you mean that?' would be like calling out Victor's apology. Logan was sure that couldn't be the right course of action, at least not while they were inside where things could get broken. So instead, he nodded his head, grunting out a: "Would rather have you take your anger out on me than anyone else, anyway."
Logan rubbed the side of his neck, but his heart quailed in his chest at this mildly human side -- something he rarely ever got to see, at least since the wars.
"It's fine."
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"Charles said if I play nice, he might be able to help me the way Birdy did," he said. He followed Jimmy then.
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Logan didn't doubt Charles' prowess, not in the least. Charles had never failed him before, and he knew Charles wouldn't fail Victor, either.
At least, if that was the right way to go about it. Logan wasn't completely convinced this entire exercise -- with Victor behaving in the school, amongst all the children -- wasn't an attempt on Charles' end to get him to calm down without the use of telepathy. But then again, Logan wasn't the one who could read minds, here.
"Then I guess you really are serious about this, huh." He entered his classroom, still empty with the kids out on break. "About teaming up with us."