"The equipment is fine. It can arrive first thing tomorrow morning. Based on your diagnosis, about how long will it take for them to recover?"
Hearing the diagnostic report Stephen gave, George was not all that disappointed.
Although it was somewhat regrettable to him that the professor could no longer use his abilities, it was not exactly a bad thing.
If the professor could use his abilities at will and recover to that peak Level Four mutant who could kill most of Earth's population with the Cerebro Amplifier, then their safety would indeed be guaranteed—but it would also come with restrictions.
As a person, Professor X was indeed a good man to all humans and mutants on Earth. He had stopped the Cuban Missile Crisis, established the Mutant School, and found a path forward for those lost mutant children.
He also had not restricted the freedom of those schoolchildren after they grew up, so they did not become weapons for killing.
However, in George's view, he was also far too idealistic. He naively believed too much in the inherent goodness of human nature and always wanted to resolve the conflict between mutants and humans through peaceful means.
In some respects, he was extremely stubborn.
Their ideals were different. When they faced certain matters in the future, differences would arise. When the time came, would George have the final say, or would Professor X?
In truth, although his current body was a mutant test subject, he did not have any concepts about mutants versus humans. In his heart, there was only the distinction between enemies and his own people.
If they were his own people, he would gather them around him. If they were enemies, he would kill them. It was that simple.
There was no need to insist on making