Charles might not have been the most interesting of souls to watch, but he did have this uncanny gift for walking and reading at the same time that gave him all the appearance of being distracted and aloof--the perfect mark for the petty theft types. Unfortunately the mutant wasn't as aloof as he might like to be, he liked his small world, but somehow it had gotten bigger and more involving...and so rapidly too. It restored his cognition, both of himself and of those around him making him remarkably perceptive even without his telepathy.

"I don't have much, but what I do have I'm willing to share. You don't have to steal," it's both kindness and admonishing in the same accented breath, all without looking up from the pages of his book, "unless of course you're trying to cop a feel, then we might have to discuss such incongruous behavior."