I suppose it is true that I am world-renowned as being incredibly powerful. Sometimes the truth has a way of feeding one's ego.

[ He's downright smug at this point. Though that evaporates with David's confession. The thought is appalling, one of the ones that has a way of waking him up in a cold sweat in the middle of the night. Stupid fucking Hank. There is only one place his incurable self-hatred could have lead: harming all mutants. Erik reaches across the table to grip David's hand. ]

You are not what was done to you.

[ Doesn't he know what it's like to be subjected to things against his will? ]