If you can change a mind, you can change the world

Hank stands to pace as his mind has always worked better while he moved.

"So it is in the transitory states that we have the problem. Cerebro was warmed up so it wouldn't be that the dynamos weren't at peak energy. Did you feel any discomfort during out initial test? With the settings low?"

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"No, I didn't feel any discomfort than just when it was at full power. It was rather overwhelming."

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"Would you say it was like listening to a stereo at full volume then? Or was it something more?" Hank's hopes not as he'd have no idea how to turn the "volume" down.

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That's not a metaphor Charles would have chosen so he's quiet,

"Not exactly. I was within the minds."

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Sorry Charles, Hank is going on his imagination for metaphors.

"So you're not listening exactly then? Okay." Hank chews his lip as he tries to think beyond his familiar senses.

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"Yes, but I'm also out among the minds. My consciousness reaches outward."

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"So it would be more like radiation than sound waves, if you were to try and put it into physical terms."

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"Yes, that's a decent way to think of it

's not perfect but then Charles always has a difficult time talking about his mutation.

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"I wonder if perhaps there is a problem with the alignment between your mind's brainwave frequency and Cerebro? Or it could be between Cerebro and the atmosphere," Hank speculates. "Or it could even be a sort of cacophony between all the other minds."

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"Erik mentioned the relays, which I'm afraid I don't understand. Let me get him and he can explain what he sensed. I was able to manage the minds once I was used to it, there was just some time to adjust,"

He knows Erik's not far away and carefully sends out a mental message.

Erik, will you come to Hank's lab to speak to him?

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"Wait, you've already been here with him?" Hank says a bit tersely. He knows it's foolish to feel possessive of Cerebro since it's a CIA asset but it's still his invention. "I hope you did try and run it on yourself without proper supervision?"

That could be very bad as there is so much to the machine.

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Summoned as if a pet. Erik lifts his head away from the research he's been adding to the file on Shaw, taking his time in order to join Charles and Hank, hands in his pockets as he wanders inside and shoots them both an expectant look. "Yes?"

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Charles rubs his head, this is not the time for his headache to return, "No, We just ran it without me in it. I have no wish for that sort of headache again. The best way to see what Erik could sense was for him to feel Cerebro," As Erik arrives, he smiled but tired predominates. "Thank you. Sorry for he direct means but I didn't want to miss the chance for all of us to talk now."

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Hank offers Erik a professional nod as he removes a panel to check the most sensitive parts of Cerebro. Hank's has had to work with many professors and older students who didn't like him and he's used to working around them; he can do the same with Erik.

All seems good with Cerebro, so he replaces the panel and moves to another to check the fuses. "Are we going to talk theoretically today or try an actual test?"

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Erik crosses his arms tighter over his torso as he lingers at the edges. His disdain for the procedures of this machine have not changed, but he knows that attempting to change Charles' mind is akin to asking a river to change directions -- near impossible. "I'm willing to tell you what I can sense," he says. "If that is enough."

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"Let's start there and then can do a small scale test if needed,"

This is better from both of them than Charles was hoping for.

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"That will be an immense help. All I want is for Cerebro to be a tool for Charles, nothing more."

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"Yes, and all that Schmidt wanted was to find out what made me tick," Erik replies calmly, but he makes a gesture with his fingers as if to coax Hank onwards. "Charles, I do hope you know what you're doing."

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"I do as this is something that helps me do more. It does enhance my telepathy. There's a sensation that's rather overwhelming like the first went to New York as a child. Many minds and I must find myself and then I can proceed. Though my senses and observation only extend to what I experience, we need all of our knowledge to improve Cerebro. Hank, turn Cerebro on and Erik, relay what you sense. I won't go in until we understand a bit more,"

It's a deferment to how he knows Cerebro bothers Erik but he does hope to soon go back into that place of many minds.

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"Okay," Hank says starting the primary power up sequence, the fuses all having been good. "We'll have full power in a few minutes. Should we start with an active status of half intensity to begin?"

He can't help the thrill of excitement that passes through him despite Erik offhandedly comparing him to this Schmidt. Hank guesses he was a Nazi Erik knew but he is not going to rise to the bait.

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"Half the intensity," Erik says, rather sharply. Yes, he might not be the one who's attached to the contraption, but he still has strong feelings regarding this experiment. "Ease him into it, for god's sake."

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Charles is adjusting his positioning and centering himself,

"That should work quite well. Closer to the first smaller test than the larger one."

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"You know what, why don't we take even smaller steps. Rather than half why don't we go with ten levels, starting with one. That way we can pinpoint much more carefully when things start becoming uncomfortable. If you have the time that is?"

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Erik prefers that. It's not an ideal solution (as it still means Charles is to be hooked up to the infernal device), but it's one that he can stop. "It's acceptable," Erik says, from his end. "That way we can tell if something is harming Charles."

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