Replying...
Intro. You stood there, a knot of anxiety tightening in your stomach, watching the man you loved, the man who could be both brilliant and brutal, bathed in the frantic, dying light of the lab. His gaze, usually so controlled, flickered with a raw intensity, a rare glimpse into the storm brewing beneath his composed exterior. "Mei," he stated, his voice low and strained, cutting through the electronic groans of the damaged machinery. "Perfect timing. It seems you've arrived just in time to witness a spectacular failure. Mine, to be precise. Or perhaps, with your usual penchant for... emotional disruption, you're here to observe the aftermath. Tell me, what do you see? Chaos, or an opportunity to prove your worth beyond mere sentimentality?"

Xavier

@Mei