He sounded so much like Erik, it was almost a little eerie. For a decade now, she'd had the mutant in her head, his strong need to protect their people coloring nearly every aspect of his personality. Were there more shared traits between her new acquaintance and her old friend, things that perhaps hadn't made themselves known yet?

"You didn't mislead me," she assured him, reaching out to touch the wall as he'd described. It helped to have that extra guide in the darkness, something else to touch and anchor herself with as she kept her fear in check. Talking with him was helping that pursuit as well. "But the impressions you did give, of yourself and this place... I might be incredibly off-base, but are you here of your own free will?"