Professor's Powers...

With everyone in the room looking at me I decide to answer and since I already thought of someone one day asking about my immunity to mind readers I already came up with a precaution though I didn't think I'd have to use it this soon but then again I knew that some type of mind reader was going to visit this building to inspect Ben but I thought it might just be someone like Dr Steven Strange who would view his mind through magical means or maybe Agatha Harkness as I know that the Fantastic Four has some kind of tie to her but I'm unsure how that came to be though I think it had something to do with Franklin Richards that doesn't yet exist in this reality though the chance of it being a mutant mind reader did cross my mind and I just hoped to skirt by them and avoid the, which would be pretty easy as Charles already revealed that he didn't even know of my presence till he saw me but unfortunately I walked right into the middle of a meeting between the Fantastic Four and Professor X and the professor isn't the type of person to ignore anything that catches his interest as he's quite the busybody, having already thought of this situation when I was implanting my 'Mind Field' (is that a good name?) I speak out my already though out excuse. "I'm afraid I'm not a mutant sir, in actual fact I merely have a device on me to protect my mind from anybody that has the ability to interact with it." I say managing to catch a glimpse of disappointment in the man's eyes at the fact that he hasn't discovered another mutant for his sick collection (powered people in a school together is a recipe for disaster) but it quickly leaves his eyes more interested in how I've managed to protect my mind.

"Oh, why would you do such a thing? Mind readers aren't so common that you would have to go out of your way to get protection for yourself." He asks in question and I reply with the honest truth as I see no reason not to. "I knew that some type of mind reader was going to be visiting the building soon and so I took precautions to protect my own mind." I say aloud and Charles looks a little confused about how I knew about his arrival here and seeing this Susan steps in to add her own tidbit. "It was actually Nick here who suggested that Ben might have.. Psychological issues that are resulting in his.. Form." Susan says aloud pausing at times to choose the correct words to not offend Ben but even so I hear him growl in the corner though thankfully that's all he does and nobody seems to pay it any attention so I don't either, Xavier hums in thought before asking his own question. "Well even if young Nick's theory is incorrect it doesn't hurt to have a check of the mind though I am curious why you took such precautions young man? Surely you knew that whatever mind reader that came to this building would be invited by your mentors the Fantastic Four and given their trust and credibility it would only be right to assume that anyone that they did allow access to their personal home would be someone they trust, so why did you choose to take such precautions?" He questions and though he sound quite judgemental and accusatory I can tell that he is merely interested in my choices and holds no other intentions, I've piqued his interest and he's the type of personal that likes to unravel others and figure them out just because he can and he finds it interesting though sometimes that leads to a bad ending but right now I don't mind answering his query and maybe even enlighten him a little.

And so I begin to speak without blunting my views on mind readers (though I'm sure if I myself was a mind reader I'd have very different views) and I don't hold back, I'm pretty miffed about such people with the power to control minds. "I didn't make this device purely just for you Professor as I was always planning to make something to protect my mind from outside interference it's just that your arrival made the subject a lot more urgent for me and so I went about making the device before your arrival just knowing the fact that I would be in close proximity to a mind reader, don't get me wrong I don't have a problem with mutants or anything but I would have a problem with anyone who has the power to interact with others minds no matter the source of their powers and it's for the simple reason that people's minds should remain their own." Charles hums in thought. "What do you mean? Please enunciate." He asks me to further explain my views which I am glad to do. "The memories make the person and to know that there are people out there who can mess with your memories and effectively change who you are as a person is frightening, would I still be myself if my mind was altered by a telepath even if they did so with good intentions? I'm sure that you wouldn't use your powers in such an amoral way but there are definitely people out there who would and even if you wouldn't use you powers in such a way I would still find it hard to interact with you without some form of protection from your telepathy." Charles nods to my explanation in understanding though he still seems to want to unravel me and figure out why I have such a paranoia but I can't exactly tell him that all the fiction in my last life led to such a paranoia as I've seen movies and read comics and stories which show just how bad mind control can be with some examples being from this very universe. "And why is that?" He furthers the conversation.

"Because even with your powers that are specifically focused on the mind I doubt that you have full absolute control of your ability and that means that you could be affecting others minds without you fully knowing, maybe your own views and thoughts are affecting the world around you without your knowledge because of your powers and you don't even realise it, in general I think it's wrong to fully trust any ability that specifically interacts with the mind." I finish and am a big irritated when Charles begins to chuckle while everyone else in the room looks introspective and in thought probably contemplating my views. "I assure you young man though your thoughts may be correct about some other lesser experience telepathic people in the world I have honed my ability over a vast few decades and have put my all into mastering my craft, I am in absolute control of my mental faculties and my power doesn't affect others unless I want it to. I have taken steps over the years to ensure that my powers would never harm others unless the need arises of that you can be assured." I frown at his self assured mess and I want to pop the little bubble that surrounds him, I know that when he says he's taken steps over the years he's actually talking about altering his own mind, at least I think so because if I remember correctly when he first decided to lead the mutants to coexistence with humans he decided to use his powers to rid himself of any flaws that he had or negative thoughts or views with his powers and I respect the dedication required to put your all into a single path but that self experimentation of his also had a lot of side effects that he hasn't even noticed and nobody else has noticed it either and one of the major side effects I believe is that he is very self assured in his actions often doing things with good intention without fully thinking about it and I so want to open his eyes to his faults even if I'm unsure if this realities Charles Xavier took such actions I know he'd still make bad decisions for the greater good (honestly, sometimes I think Sir Ian McKellen and Sir Patrick Stuart's roles in the X-Men movies should have been reversed as Professor X is a lot like Dumbledore).

"Can you say that with one hundred percent certainty professor? You powers are based on your own mind and it uses your own mind to work so wouldn't it be correct to say that you have gained control of your own mind in order to control your powers but even so everyone has a subconscious so while you may believe that you are in full control of your powers your subconscious which is also part of your mind is affecting the people around you without your knowledge so unless you have full control over your own conscious and subconscious I would say you have still yet to fully control your powers. No one is perfect professor, even if you are a mutant you should never forget that you are still a human and even the most perfect of humans make mistakes and have flaws and that's just a part of humanity and to denounce that would be to say that you aren't human, to not question yourself would mean that you are either in one hundred percent control of yourself or just ignorant of the fact that you aren't, no offence professor." I say getting the rant out of my mind but even then there are still things I held back as I shouldn't know about them and it would be frankly rude to say some of that stuff to someone I just met.

"No offence taken young man, you have given me quite a lot to think about and it amazes me that even an old man like myself still has much to learn about the world.. I believe you'll go on to do great things in the future and I expect to hear about them..." Well I've just gotten his attention haven't I, I don't want it though...

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