Chapter 858: Brilliant Stars (Three)_1

"Fear is the deepest, the most difficult to eradicate scar engraved on one's soul. And what you fear the most depends on what first frightened you instinctually."

"When people see a black shadow racing across a wall, they feel fear. But the causes of this fear vary. Some people fear cockroaches, so when they see a rapidly moving black dot, they associate it with a cockroach and feel fear. Some people fear ghosts, so when they see anything blurry yet floating around, they feel fear."

Shiller looked at Polaris and said, "Magneto may be just an external manifestation of your fear, not its essence."

"To prove this to you, I need to ask you a few questions. Firstly, has Magneto Erik ever really harmed you? I mean, has he caused you substantial harm?"

Polaris paused for a moment, then shook her head, "No, he has never hurt me. At most, he just controls the magnetic fields around him."

"Well, if there's no physical harm, there must be psychological harm. His certain behaviors in the past have caused you fear and mental trauma, especially his act of controlling the magnetic field around him. It can make a normal person lose all sense of security, which can be described as mental abuse."

"But we need to analyze the rationale behind his actions. Do you think he did it intentionally to abuse you?"

Polaris showed an impatient expression, "Don't you still understand? He's a psychopath! He wouldn't do anything meaningless. If you ask him this question now, he will just look at you with contempt and say, 'Why would I need to abuse her?'"

"There you go again, his mental state is also abnormal. He does these things, not intentionally wanting to harm or kill you. In fact, you understand this, so why are you afraid of him?"

"I..." Polaris paused.

"Don't rush to answer, Miss Lorna. Let's recall something. Did your abnormal behaviors towards him start from the day you reunite with him or from when he told you the truth?"

"On the day I reunited with him, he told me the truth." Polaris stressed, "To get me to join the Brotherhood, he told me that it was my out-of-control ability that killed my parents and that I am his biological daughter."

"So, had you never heard of Magneto before this?"

Polaris thought for a moment and said, "Of course I had. He's a very famous mutant, and his abilities are the same as mine. I had read some information about him before..."

"At that time, did you feel fear?" Shiller asked.

Polaris shook her head, "I just found some old newspapers. They wrote about the mess he caused, there were only a few pictures, nothing scary. On the contrary, I thought what he did was impressive, satisfying, unlike those people who only know how to negotiate."

"Back then, haven't you realized that he has the ability to kill you or control you?" Shiller asked again.

"But he didn't even know me at all! Back then, we were strangers, why would he want to kill me?" Polaris spread her hands out.

"Then after your relationship changed from strangers to father and daughter, why would he want to kill you then?" Shiller retorted.

"Your relationship didn't change from strangers to enemies, but from strangers to a closer father-daughter relationship. Meanwhile, he never hurt or controlled you violently. You know he is not a sadist, so why do you feel that he would kill you at any moment?"

Polaris paused for a moment, and then said, "Yeah, he might not want to deliberately kill me, but if one day... one day... he…"

Polaris' fingertips trembled slightly. Shiller stood up and poured her a glass of water. Polaris downed the glass of water before starting, "You don't understand... maybe you've never seen... you don't know how powerful he is, he can even... even..."

Polaris gripped the water glass tightly in her hand, "Even if he doesn't mean it, but what if one day... if he loses control? Or even, what if one day, he becomes careless…"

"Have you realized it yet? Miss Lorna, what you fear is the notion that mutants can lose control at any moment."

"You might not have noticed, but in your previous words, you kept saying that you cannot always be mindful of your powers, can't accurately control your powers every time to protect the ordinary people around you."

"This argument implies that you think, as long as you are a little careless or distracted, you could potentially kill ordinary people. Even if you don't sympathize with ordinary people, you still fear this."

Shiller returned to his seat and said, "This fear might come from your origins. Initially, your loss of control over your abilities caused the plane crash that killed your parents."

"Yes, Magneto found you in time and had Mastermind erase these memories through hypnosis. But as I said, memories can be forgotten, but the fear engraved in one's instincts can't."

"Your parents died due to your loss of control over your abilities. You have no confidence in precisely mastering this power, you feel that any mutant's power can get out of control, this also includes Magneto Erik."