Improving Cerebro

[balancingminds]

Charles has spent most of the day in the room at the top of the building or in the little office that was found for him, but now its time to find Hank.

His visit to Milliways provided some ideas and he wants to see what might be possible. He also needs to provide Hank with some of Erik's background and try to find a way to ease the tensions between them.

The first place he looks is Hank's lab, which is a beautiful space and he spots the newest volume of one of the journals he follows. His notes on Cerebro are set down as he sighs at the article, there's still much work to do.

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[no_more_hiding]

"Would you like to try an experiment? Can you feel as far as the cafeteria?" Hank asks forcing himself to remain calm so as to not start Erik up again. "If so, perhaps I could run down there and you can see if you can feel me among the other minds. We aren't that familiar so it should be a good indication of whether a mutant mind feels different for you."

[markedformore]

Erik tries to tuck away his own thoughts and his presence so that Charles can focus and not grow overwhelmed, but it's a rather difficult thing to do when all he wants to do is keep an eye on Charles and keep him from straining himself.

[balancingminds]

Charles smiles at the question, "Hank before Cerebro my range covered the entire Facility, now I can feel almost all the way to the nearest town. And you don't need to go, give me a moment and I'll find Raven."

Then he doesn't close his eyes, but he focuses first on the feel of Raven's mind. Once he finds her, he starts to look at the differences between her mind and those of the humans around her. "There is a difference, its subtle but there."

[no_more_hiding]

"Oh," Hank says with a nervous laugh. "Would your familiarity with Raven make it easier to pick her out of a crowd?"

[markedformore]

Erik sends a frisson of suggestion through his mind to tell Charles that he ought to focus on someone else and Raven is the perfect person. "Yes, Charles, would it be easier to focus on her?"

[balancingminds]

"Yes, I will,"

He closes his eyes as he shifts how he searches, first finding Raven's mind but then parsing out what of her mind is different from those around her.