He can and should look amazed all he wants. The Institute was a pretty wondrous place.
Scary too, sometimes, but wondrous nonetheless.
"It's a little daunting at first," Topher agreed. "I grew up here, for the most part, so I'm sure there's a lot I take for granted. It's always interesting witnessing it through the eyes of someone new." Topher set Ilya's bags down near the entrance of the library.
"Make yourself at home," he added. "I mean, it kind of will be, for the foreseeable future. Why not make the most of it, y'know?" Students milled about amongst the small crowd in the library, as did some teachers, and some non-teaching-staff X-Men.
"Occult is...you know. Witchcraft. Supernatural stuff." There was no judgment or anything on Topher's face for Ilya's lack of knowledge. After all, everyone's experiences were different. Topher didn't judge people by those things. "Magik was one of the X-Men. She was Russian too, actually."
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Scary too, sometimes, but wondrous nonetheless.
"It's a little daunting at first," Topher agreed. "I grew up here, for the most part, so I'm sure there's a lot I take for granted. It's always interesting witnessing it through the eyes of someone new." Topher set Ilya's bags down near the entrance of the library.
"Make yourself at home," he added. "I mean, it kind of will be, for the foreseeable future. Why not make the most of it, y'know?" Students milled about amongst the small crowd in the library, as did some teachers, and some non-teaching-staff X-Men.
"Occult is...you know. Witchcraft. Supernatural stuff." There was no judgment or anything on Topher's face for Ilya's lack of knowledge. After all, everyone's experiences were different. Topher didn't judge people by those things. "Magik was one of the X-Men. She was Russian too, actually."