"Hello, Professor X. Sorry to drop by unannounced." Peter shook hands with Professor X, who sat in a wheelchair. "I know Captain America already asked a lot of questions yesterday. I'm really sorry to bother you again..."
"It's all right, Peter." Professor X smiled at him. "If you were a Mutant, you would certainly be an excellent role model for all the students. The X-Men will always welcome kind and outstanding people like you."
Peter felt a little embarrassed by the praise. He scratched his head and said, "Actually, I didn't come for anything important today. I just wanted to ask the others about Cyclops and Phoenix's relationship."
"They're boyfriend and girlfriend. Do you think there's some other kind of relationship between them?"
"No, I'm only making a guess. The change in Cyclops's relationship with Wolverine was very likely caused by a change in his relationship with Phoenix."
Professor X's expression gradually turned serious. "That does seem to make some sense. In psychology, there is something called compensatory behavior. When someone cannot find satisfaction in one relationship, they have to seek it from another. This often makes both relationships unhealthy. Do you think Scott may have fallen into such a predicament?"
Peter let out a long breath inwardly. It was great that Professor X understood. Before coming here, he had prepared a whole string of explanations for how he had reached this conclusion. He hadn't expected Professor X to summarize it all with a single psychological term. Knowledge really was power. He really should go back to Gotham University for a graduate degree.
"That's what I think, but the truth may not be that way. It still needs investigating. Can I meet the others in the base? Especially those close to the two of them?"
"Of course. If Scott really