[ Just because she can survive alone doesn't mean that she should. If there's still a safe haven, a sanctuary to welcome all mutants who want it, she has as much a place there as anyone else. Erik can't really know for certain that he would still be around, but if he was, he knows he'd be overjoyed to see her again.
He smiles back, warm and fond, getting just as distracted from their surroundings. She actually surprises him when she grips his wrist, but he stops almost immediately, looking slowly around them and fixing his gaze on a cluster of rustling leaves.
In a few seconds, the tip of an antler comes into view, though for now it seems the animal's not even aware they're there. Erik barely breathes, not because he'd mind if the deer ran off, but because he wants to give Laura a chance to at least see it. ]
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He smiles back, warm and fond, getting just as distracted from their surroundings. She actually surprises him when she grips his wrist, but he stops almost immediately, looking slowly around them and fixing his gaze on a cluster of rustling leaves.
In a few seconds, the tip of an antler comes into view, though for now it seems the animal's not even aware they're there. Erik barely breathes, not because he'd mind if the deer ran off, but because he wants to give Laura a chance to at least see it. ]