"Hank. I needed a second opinion in discovering what it was."

Erik is not taking the bloody syringe, but for now, his hold remains steady. Charles' gaze has resolved even, in the face of confusion, knowing why it's there, unable to empathise with it. But he's swift to answer that question. It is fair. "Severus, once we'd arrived to conclusion.

"He said the same thing you did," as an aside. Not word for word, not so personally, but practically so. "And now you."