Cerebro Scans: First Meeting

## Characters

* Erik Lehnsherr
* Charles Xavier

## Location

* New York City, NY
* November 21st 1985 - Late Evening

## Scan Transcript

* **Charles Xavier:** We're good here. You can just walk away, friend.
* **Civilian:** [scoff] Yeah, look... I don't need to waste my time with you. I can just walk away.
* **Charles Xavier:** Yes, do that.
* **Civilian:** I will. I'm gonna do that. [footsteps]
* **Erik Lehnsherr:** How the- [pause] Let go of me.
* **Charles Xavier:** Right. There you go.
* **Erik Lehnsherr:** You didn't need to step in. I could have handled that guy.
* **Charles Xavier:** I have no doubt of that, Erik.
* **Erik Lehnsherr:** Wait-
* **Charles Xavier:** Have a good night. [footsteps]
* **Erik Lehnsherr:** Hold on. [footsteps]
* **Charles Xavier:** [fabric rustling, footsteps, door opens]
* **Erik Lehnsherr:** [footsteps, grapple] I said- [sigh, door closes] I said "hold on".
* **Charles Xavier:** Yes?
* **Erik Lehnsherr:** Have we met before?
* **Charles Xavier:** I have seen you around.
* **Erik Lehnsherr:** That's not what I asked you. Look, I've seen you too. You work at ESU, too... but you're a scientist or-
* **Charles Xavier:** I'm a professor.
* **Erik Lehnsherr:** I didn't give you a name.
* **Charles Xavier:** No, you didn't.
* **Erik Lehnsherr:** How do you know my name?
* **Charles Xavier:** How did you hustle that burly fellow back there at darts?
* **Erik Lehnsherr:** [scoff] Hustle? I didn't-
* **Charles Xavier:** ...
* **Erik Lehnsherr:** [sigh] Look, that's none of your damned business.
* **Charles Xavier:** Fair enough. Do take care now. [footsteps]
* **Erik Lehnsherr:** [sigh] I... I can affect metal.
* **Charles Xavier:** [pause] Is that so, Erik?
* **Erik Lehnsherr:** Yes, I... [pause, sigh, footsteps] This stays between you and me, right?
* **Charles Xavier:** I'm extremely good at keeping secrets, I assure you.
* **Erik Lehnsherr:** I can make metal do what I want.
* **Charles Xavier:** I would like to see this, if you don't mind.
* **Erik Lehnsherr:** [pause, fabric shifting, clatter] See this coin? [magnetic thrum] See?
* **Charles Xavier:** Impressive trick. Might I touch it?
* **Erik Lehnsherr:** Yeah, it's safe. [magnetic thrum]
* **Charles Xavier:** [chuckle] Very impressive ability. It's rather quite extraordinary, isn't it?
* **Erik Lehnsherr:** Yeah... [magnetic fizzle, metallic clatter, fabric shifting] Okay, so what's your trick?
* **Charles Xavier:** Right. Fair is fair, I suppose. Well, first of all, my name is Professor Charles Xavier.
* **Erik Lehnsherr:** [pause, sigh, hands shaking] Erik Lehnsherr... as you apparently already know.
* **Charles Xavier:** [chuckle] Indeed. Well, Erik, I am a telepath.
* **Erik Lehnsherr:** A what?
* **Charles Xavier:** A psychic. A mind-reader.
* **Erik Lehnsherr:** Wait... Back in the bar-
* **Charles Xavier:** Yes, that was me in your mind suggesting that you calm down. I did the same to the larger man, too. You're welcome.
* **Erik Lehnsherr:** Wait, so you don't just read thoughts but also put them in there, too?
* **Charles Xavier:** I have the capacity to do so, yes, but... [sigh] There are ethical concerns which I value very highly. I only do so in dire circumstances.
* **Erik Lehnsherr:** Huh... I've never met one of us like you.
* **Charles Xavier:** One of us? Are you saying that you've met other mutants?
* **Erik Lehnsherr:** Mutants?
* **Charles Xavier:** Yes, Erik. That is what we are. Surely, you understand that.
* **Erik Lehnsherr:** Whatever you want to call us is fine by me, Charles. [scoff] Demon, witch, freak, mutant. It makes no difference.
* **Charles Xavier:** Erik, what we are is nothing to be ashamed of. I promise you that. We're simply the next step in human evolution.
* **Erik Lehnsherr:** Yeah, what makes you so sure about that?
* **Charles Xavier:** I've dedicated my life to learning exactly what it is that I am and finding more like us. I'm a geneticist.
* **Erik Lehnsherr:** So that's what you're doing with the Human Genome Project? Trying to find more... mutants?
* **Charles Xavier:** Quite. Same as you.
* **Erik Lehnsherr:** How do you know that?
* **Charles Xavier:** [finger tapping temple]
* **Erik Lehnsherr:** Oh, right... [sigh] Wait, what else do you know about me?
* **Charles Xavier:** Relax, Erik. I'm only skimming the top surface. I can see only that which is on the foremost of your thoughts, Erik.
* **Erik Lehnsherr:** Are you always doing that?
* **Charles Xavier:** More or less... I find that just exercising the slightest fraction of my power prevents me from accidentally diving too deep.
* **Erik Lehnsherr:** Huh... So you can learn even more about me? You can see past thoughts. Maybe view memories?
* **Charles Xavier:** I can, but I'm not so sure I can with you. There's a strange interference particular to you, possibly as a result of your own ability.
* **Erik Lehnsherr:** Interference?
* **Charles Xavier:** Best way to describe it. It is actually what caused me to focus on you back in the bar in the first place. I'd never encountered anything quite like it. [chuckle] It was actually quite extraordinary. [pause] Oh, my goodness... It is late. I hate to keep- [gasp] You have children?
* **Erik Lehnsherr:** What?
* **Charles Xavier:** Just now, you had a passing thought about ending this conversation so you can get back to your children.
* **Erik Lehnsherr:** Yes... I do have three children.
* **Charles Xavier:** What are their names?
* **Erik Lehnsherr:** Wanda, Pietro, and Lorna.
* **Charles Xavier:** Are they like us? [pause] You're not sure yet... Wait, no. One was born with an apparent mutation. The youngest. Lorna-
* **Erik Lehnsherr:** Stop it!
* **Charles Xavier:** Oh, my apologies I've pushed too-
* **Erik Lehnsherr:** Goodnight, Charles. [footsteps]
* **Charles Xavier:** Goodnight, Erik. Pleasure meeting you!
* **Erik Lehnsherr:** Yeah... [footsteps]
* **[End of Memory Compilation, compiled from memories of 2 participants]**
* **[Memory Synchronization Score: 98.7%]**

## Trivia and Notes

* This Scan takes place in Subsidiary-Reality M, within Murum Locus.
* Debut of Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr.