Thanks - it means a lot that you like it, so I'm really pleased and happy right now :) I really wanted here to have a more intimate interlude of opening up, but there was never going to be a way to do that that wasn't more like reopening old wounds for Erik. He has to do it to let the poison out, but it means Charles gets to see in, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, so long as he's not squeamish.