Rogue didn't see it as Steve being old, exactly. He reminded her of Cable, who had lived in different times and places and referenced things that none of them could understand or properly imagine. She supposed she must seem that way to Steve, having lived through a war that would never occur in his universe. Their lives were certainly anything but simple.
It was actually a little surprising when Steve asked about Erik. She hadn't thought he would want to know about the people in her head, with the way he'd first reacted to the knowledge of their very existence, and so she hadn't planned on mentioning them much. The comment about Erik had just slipped out, like a few others had along the way, and now it was nice to know that he didn't seem to exactly mind it - she didn't want to have to filter everything she said when it was so natural to talk about the people who meant the most to her.
"He is," she confirmed, her tone fond but perhaps a little distant. It was difficult to know where to start with Erik. "Erik Lehnsherr. He called himself Magneto, because he could manipulate magnetic fields. He was one of the most powerful of our kind, and he was best friends with my mentor, Charles Xavier." Taking a deep breath, she stepped away from Steve then, her hands lingering on him for as long as possible before she leaned against the counter.
"Erik's Jewish family was relocated from Germany to Poland during the war," she explained quietly, her unfocused gaze resting on Steve's chest while she spoke. "He spent years in Auschwitz being tortured and studied, forced to use his abilities even though he was just a child. His mutation first manifested when he was separated from his mother at the gates, and they killed her in front of him to get him to show them what he was capable of. He never really trusted humans after that, and it seemed like they were always proving him right."
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It was actually a little surprising when Steve asked about Erik. She hadn't thought he would want to know about the people in her head, with the way he'd first reacted to the knowledge of their very existence, and so she hadn't planned on mentioning them much. The comment about Erik had just slipped out, like a few others had along the way, and now it was nice to know that he didn't seem to exactly mind it - she didn't want to have to filter everything she said when it was so natural to talk about the people who meant the most to her.
"He is," she confirmed, her tone fond but perhaps a little distant. It was difficult to know where to start with Erik. "Erik Lehnsherr. He called himself Magneto, because he could manipulate magnetic fields. He was one of the most powerful of our kind, and he was best friends with my mentor, Charles Xavier." Taking a deep breath, she stepped away from Steve then, her hands lingering on him for as long as possible before she leaned against the counter.
"Erik's Jewish family was relocated from Germany to Poland during the war," she explained quietly, her unfocused gaze resting on Steve's chest while she spoke. "He spent years in Auschwitz being tortured and studied, forced to use his abilities even though he was just a child. His mutation first manifested when he was separated from his mother at the gates, and they killed her in front of him to get him to show them what he was capable of. He never really trusted humans after that, and it seemed like they were always proving him right."