X-Men 2 Movie Quotes
Professor X
Logan, my tolerance for your smoking in the mansion notwithstanding, continue smoking that in here, and you'll spend the rest of your days under the belief that you're a six-year-old girl.
Wolverine
You'd do that?
Professor X
I'd have Jean braid your hair.
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William Drake
What exactly are you a professor *of*, "Professor Logan?"
Wolverine
[Rogue, Bobby, and Pyro look at Logan, none of the kids knowing what to say]
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Wolverine
Art.
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Nightcrawler
Excuse me? They say you can imitate anybody, even their voice.
Nightcrawler
Then why not stay in disguise all the time? You know, look like everyone else.
Mystique
Because we shouldn't have to.
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Wolverine
Got any beer?
Bobby
This is a school.
Wolverine
So that's a "no"?
Bobby
Yeah, that's a "no."
Wolverine
Got anything other than chocolate milk?
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Policeman
Put the knives down!
Wolverine
I can't.
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Wolverine
You picked the wrong house, bub.
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Nightcrawler
You know, outside the circus, most people were afraid of me. But I didn't hate them. I pitied them. Do you know why? Because most people will never know anything beyond what they see with their own two eyes.
Storm
Well, I gave up on pity a long time ago.
Nightcrawler
Someone so beautiful should not be so angry.
Storm
Sometimes anger can help you survive.
Nightcrawler
So can faith.
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Rogue
What are you doing?
[radio turns on and "Bye Bye Bye" by N'Sync Plays]
Pyro
Pyro, Rogue, Wolverine, Bobby: [all groan] Ahh.
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Wolverine
Who's this guy?
Rogue
This is Bobby, he's my...
Bobby
I'm her boyfriend.
[shakes Logan's hand and freezes it]
Bobby
Call me Iceman.
Wolverine
Boyfriend? So how do you guys...?
Bobby
Well, we're still working on that.
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Mitchell Laurio
Have a nice sleep, Lensherr?
Magneto
There's something different about you today, Mr. Laurio.
Mitchell Laurio
Yeah, I *was* having a good day.
Mitchell Laurio
Sit down.
Magneto
No.
[He starts for Magneto, who holds up his hand. Laurio stops forcibly]
Magneto
Ah, there it is...
[He lifts his hand, and Laurio lifts into the air]
Magneto
Too much iron in your blood!
[He draws a cloud of iron particles out through Laurio's skin, and squeezes them into a set of ball bearings. Laurio collapses to the floor, unmoving]
Magneto
Mr. Laurio, never trust a beautiful woman. Especially one who's interested in you.
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Pyro
So, they say you're the bad guy.
Magneto
Is that what they say?
Pyro
That's a dorky looking helmet. What's it for?
Magneto
This "dorky looking helmet" is the only thing that's going to protect me from the REAL bad guys.
[magnetically takes Pyro's lighter and lights it]
Magneto
What's your name?
Magneto
What's your *real* name, John?
Magneto
Quite a talent you have there, Pyro.
Pyro
I can only manipulate the fire
[flame disappears into Pyro's hand]
Pyro
I can't create it.
Magneto
You are a god among insects. Never let anyone tell you different.
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Mrs. Madeline Drake
[to Bobby]
Have you ever tried... not being a mutant?
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Dr. Jean Grey
Girls flirt with the dangerous guy, they don't bring him home; they marry the good guy.
Wolverine
I can be the good guy.
Dr. Jean Grey
Logan, the good guy sticks around.
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Pyro
You know all those dangerous mutants you hear about in the news? I'm the worst one.
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Madeline Drake
This is all my fault.
Pyro
Actually they discovered that it's the male who carries the mutant gene and passes it on, so it's his fault.
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Nightcrawler
Guten tag.
[to Jean and Storm]
Wolverine
Who the hell is this?
Nightcrawler
Kurt Wagner, but in the Munich circus, I was known as The Incredib...
Wolverine
Yeah, save it.
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Nightcrawler
They're angelic symbols, passed on to mankind by the archangel Gabriel.
Storm
They're beautiful. How many do you have?
Nightcrawler
One for every sin. So quite a few.
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William Stryker
The tricky thing about adamantium is, that if you ever manage to process its raw, liquid form, you got to keep it that way, keep it hot. Because once the metal cools, it's indestructible. But you already know that.
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[in the X-Jet, being pursued by two fighter jets]
Storm
I gotta shake them!
[she does a roll with the plane and drops it sharply towards the ground, then levels off]
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Nightcrawler
The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of the death, I will fear no evil, for thou art with me.
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Madeline Drake
Bobby? Aren't you supposed to be in school?
William Drake
Do you know him?
[they look at Logan]
Bobby
That's Professor... Logan. Mom, Dad... there's something I need to tell you.
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Magneto
Charles Xavier. Have you come to rescue me?
Professor X
Sorry, Eric. Not today.
Magneto
To what do I owe the pleasure?
Professor X
The assassination attempt on the president. What do you know about it?
Magneto
Nothing. Only what I read in the papers. You really shouldn't have to ask, Charles.
Professor X
What's happened to you?
Magneto
I've had frequent visits from William Stryker. You remember him, don't you?
Professor X
William Stryker.
Magneto
His son, Jason, was once a student of yours, wasn't he?
Professor X
Yes. Years ago. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to help him... at least not in the way his father wanted.
Magneto
And now you think that taking in the Wolverine will make up for your failure with Stryker's son. You haven't told him about his past, have you?
Professor X
I've put him on the path. Logan's mind is still fragile.
Magneto
Is it? Or are you afraid of losing one of your precious X-men... old friend?
Professor X
Eric, what have you done?
Magneto
I'm sorry, Charles. I couldn't help it.
Professor X
What have you told Stryker?
[gas emits]
Magneto
The war has begun.
Professor X
Scott!
Magneto
You should've killed me when you had the chance!
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[Deathstrike extends her claws]
Wolverine
Holy shit.
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Madeline Drake
We still love you Bobby, it's just this mutant problem is a little...
Madeline Drake
...complicated.
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Magneto
[Magneto uses his power to stop the X-Jet from crashing]
When will these people learn how to fly?
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Wolverine
Who am I?
William Stryker
If you knew the kind of person you used to be, the work we did together... People don't change, Wolverine. You were an animal then and you're an animal now. I just gave you claws.
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[the X-Jet is pursued by a fleet of jets]
Storm
Somebody's pretty pissed.
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Magneto
His name is Colonel William Stryker, and he invaded your mansion for one purpose: he wanted Cerebro, or enough of it to build one of his own.
Dr. Jean Grey
But that doesn't make any sense. Stryker would need the Professor to operate it.
Magneto
Which I think is the only reason my old friend is still alive.
Storm
Oh my God...
[Storm, Jean Gray and Magneto exchange worried looks]
Wolverine
What are you all so afraid of?
Magneto
While Cerebro is working, Charles's mind is connected to every living person on the planet. If he were forced to concentrate hard enough on a particular group - let's say mutants, for example - he could kill us all!
Storm
Wait a minute, how would Stryker even know where to find Cerebro in the first place?
Magneto
...Because I told him. I helped Charles build it, remember? Mr. Stryker has powerful methods of persuasion - even against a mutant as strong as Charles.
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Bobby
This is Cyclops' car.
Wolverine
Oh, yeah?
[pops his middle claw, and uses it to turn the ignition]
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[first lines]
Professor X
[voiceover]
Mutants. Since the discovery of their existence they have been regarded with fear, suspicion, often hatred. Across the planet, debate rages. Are mutants the next link in the evolutionary chain or simply a new species of humanity fighting for their share of the world? Either way it is a historical fact: Sharing the world has never been humanity's defining attribute.
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Storm
Yes. At a school for people like us, where we can be safe.
Nightcrawler
Safe from what?
Storm
Everyone else.
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[Wolverine approaches Stryker, chained to the outside of the dam, while carrying Artie in his arms]
William Stryker
Who has the answers, Wolverine? Those people? That creature in your arms? Huh? Huh?
[Wolverine looks at Artie, then takes off his "Wolverine" dog tag and throws it at Stryker's feet]
Wolverine
I'll take my chances with him.
[he turns and walks away]
William Stryker
One day, someone will finish what I've started, Wolverine!
[Artie looks over Wolverine's shoulder at Stryker, and sticks out his lizard tongue at him]
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President McKenna
What is that?
William Stryker
A jet.
President McKenna
What kind of jet?
William Stryker
We don't know-but it comes out of the basketball court.
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Wolverine
She did make a choice, Scott. It was you.
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[Pyro gets into a fight with some kids in the food court, and sets one's clothes on fire. Bobby puts it out with a jet of ice. Just as everyone is staring at them, they freeze. There is dead silence]
Rogue
Bobby, what did you do?
Bobby
I didn't do this.
Professor X
No, I did.
[Professor X. wheels up]
Professor X
And the next time you feel like showing off... don't.
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Cyclops
Everybody stand back.
Dr. Jean Grey
Scott no. His mind is connected to Cerebro. Opening the door, could kill him and everyone his mind is linked to.
Storm
Wait. Kurt, I need you to take me inside.
Cyclops
Storm, who is this guy? Who are you?
Nightcrawler
My name is Kurt Wagner, but in the Munich Circus...
Nightcrawler
I told you, If I can't see where I'm going...
Storm
I have faith in you.
Dr. Jean Grey
Don't believe anything you see in there.
Nightcrawler
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done...
[teleports]
Nightcrawler
... on Earth as it is in heaven.
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[during the attack on the mansion]
Colossus
I can help you.
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William Stryker
Sergeant, kill everyone that approaches; even if it is me.
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William Stryker
[to Logan]
I didn't realize Xavier was taking in animals, even animals as unique as you.
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[Cyclops, under Stryker's mind control, attacks Jean, Magneto, and Mystique]
Dr. Jean Grey
Go! I'll handle him!
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[Stryker comes to interrogate Magneto]
Magneto
Ah, Mr. Stryker! Come to see that American tax dollars are keeping me comfortable?
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[Rogue sees Magneto and Mystique talking, then they notice her]
Magneto
We love what you've done with your hair.
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Bobby
I found some of my Mom's old clothes. I think they're from before I was born.
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Professor X
Mr President, we're here to stay. The next move is yours.
Wolverine
We'll be watching.
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Madeline Drake
You have to understand, we thought we were sending Bobby to a school for the gifted.
Rogue
Bobby is gifted. You should see what he can do.
[Bobby proceeds to freeze the tea his mother is drinking]
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[last lines]
Dr. Jean Grey
[voiceover]
Mutation. It is the key to our evolution. It is how we have evolved from a single-cell organism into the dominant species on the planet. This process is slow, normally taking thousands and thousands of years. But every few millennia evolution leaps forward.
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Storm
Kurt, it's about to get very cold in here.
Nightcrawler
I'm not going anywhere.
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Dr. Sebastian Shaw
Look, I think all this anti-mutant protesting underscored the genuine growing concern among most Americans. I think mutant registration...
Dr. Hank McCoy
But why stop there? Maybe it would be easier to round up mutants by the truckload. Or maybe you'd like all-out war, Mr. Shaw.
Dr. Sebastian Shaw
Oh, please.
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Mystique
No one's left a scar quite like you.
Wolverine
What do you want - an apology?
[shifts into Storm, then Rogue]
Mystique
But what do you want?
[Wolverine pushes her off, then she transforms into Stryker]
Mystique
What do you *really* want?
Wolverine
I want you to leave.
[Mystique exits, glaring]
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Rogue
John, knock it off.
Bobby
Will you stop showing off?
Pyro
What, for her? It's not my fault if your girlfriend's getting excited.
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Senator Kelly
[Mystique in disguise]
Mr. Stryker, do you really want to turn this into some kind of war?
William Stryker
I was pilotin' Black Ops missions in the jungles of North Vietnam while you were suckin' on your mama's tit at Woodstock, Kelly. Don't lecture me about war. This already is a war.
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Professor X
William.
William Stryker
Please, Xavier, don't get up.
[electronic static]
William Stryker
I call it the neural inhibitor. It keeps you outta here.
Professor X
What have you done with Scott?
William Stryker
Don't worry. I'm just giving him a little reeducation. Of course, you know all about that, don't you?
Professor X
William, you wanted me to cure your son. But mutation is not a disease.
William Stryker
You're lying. You were more frightened of him than I was. You know, just one year after Jason returned from your school... my wife - you see he resented us. He blamed us for his condition. So he would toy with our minds... projecting visions and scenarios into our brains. Well, my wife, in the end... she took a power drill to her left temple in an attempt to bore the images out. My boy, the great illusionist.
[crackling]
Professor X
For someone who hates mutants... you certainly keep some strange company.
William Stryker
Oh, they serve their purpose... as long as they can be controlled.
Professor X
You arranged the attack on the president.
William Stryker
You didn't even have to read my mind. You know, I've been working with mutants as long as you have, Xavier... but the most frustrating thing I've learned is that nobody really knows how many even exist or how to find them - except you. Unfortunately this little potion won't work on you, will it? You're much too powerful for that. Instead we'll go right to the source. Allow me to introduce mutant 143. The fluid secreted by his brain acts as a mind-controlling agent.
[machinery hissing]
William Stryker
But that's only where it begins.
Professor X
Jason. Oh, my God, William. This is your son. What have you done to him?
William Stryker
No, Charles! My son is dead... just like the rest of you.
[hissing continues, Xavier gasps]
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Bobby
Have you ever wanted to be with someone so badly, but you can't?
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Bobby
I've seen how you look at Professor Grey.
Wolverine
Excuse me?
Bobby
Nothing.
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William Stryker
I used to think you were one of a kind, Wolverine. I was wrong.
[Deathstrike appears]
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President McKenna
What do you need, William?
William Stryker
Just your authorization for a special operation.
President McKenna
And somehow I thought you were here to talk about school reform.
William Stryker
Funny you should say that, Mr. President.
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Professor X
[connected to Cerebro]
These lights represent every living person on the planet. These white lights are the humans... and these are the mutants. You see, Logan? We're not as alone as you think.
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Nightcrawler
Please don't kill me, I didn't mean to harm anyone.
Storm
Now why would people have gotten that impression?
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[they're playing thumb war]
Bobby
You're so dead.
Rogue
No, you're dead.
[they get closer and Bobby leans in for a kiss]
Rogue
I don't want to hurt you.
Bobby
I'm not afraid.
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Magneto
[approaching an incapacitated Xavier]
How does it look from there Charles? Still fighting the good fight? From here it looks like they're not playing by your rules... Maybe it's time to play by theirs!
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[looking over Stryker's confidential papers]
President McKenna
How did you get these?
Professor X
Well, let's just say I know a little girl who can walk through walls.
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Wolverine
If you want to shoot me, then shoot me!
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Little Girl 143
Hello. Who are you?
Storm
Professor, we're in trouble! You have to stop Cerebro now!
Little Girl 143
Who are you talking to?
Nightcrawler
But she's just a little girl.
Storm
No, she's not.
Little Girl 143
[smiles]
I see you.
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Pyro
That's it.
Bobby
Whoa. What do you think you're doing.
Pyro
I'm tired of this kid's-table shit, I'm going in there.
Rogue
John they told us to stay here.
[leaves the jet]
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Storm
Can you teleport inside?
Nightcrawler
No. I have to be able to see where I am going, otherwise I could wind up inside a wall.
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William Stryker
I have found evidence of a mutant training facility in upstate New York.
William Stryker
Sure it is.
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Magneto
A war is brewing...
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Wolverine
Who are you?
William Stryker
Don't you remember?
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William Stryker
If there's one thing I know more than anyone else, it's my own work. Seal the room. Shoot it.
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Wolverine
How long have you been here?
Bobby
Couple of years, it's not so bad.
Wolverine
What about your parents, they just shipped you off to mutant school?
Bobby
Actually, my parents think this is a prep school.
Wolverine
Well, I guess lots of prep schools have their own campus, dorms, kitchens...
Bobby
Jets?
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Magneto
The professor thought you would be able to figure it out on your own. He gives you more credit than I do.
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[to Logan, about Cerebro]
Magneto
What do you intend to do, scratch it with your claws?
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Magneto
Mr Stryker. Funny, we keep running into each other. Mark my words: it will never happen again.
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Dr. Jean Grey
I keep feeling something bad is supposed to happen...
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[to Stryker]
Wolverine
If we die, you die.
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Sgt. Lyman
Sir, the Cerebro device has been completed according to your specifications.
William Stryker
Good.
[Lyman looks at the monitor showing the room where the mutant children are being held prisoner]
Sgt. Lyman
If I may ask, sir, why are we keeping the children?
William Stryker
I'm a scientist, Sgt. Lyman. When I build a machine, I want to make sure it's working.
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Little Girl 143
I've got my eyes on you.
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Dr. Jean Grey
Why do you need us?
Magneto
Mystique has discovered plans of a base that Stryker's been operating out of for decades. Only we don't know where it is. We thought one of you might.
Wolverine
The professor already tried.
[he looks up. They follow his gaze and see Nightcrawler perched in the trees above them]
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Nightcrawler
There was so much shooting, such fear and then there was only pain. I could see it all happening, but I couldn't stop myself. It was like a bad dream. Perhaps he is testing me.
Storm
And before you were in the white house, what do you remember?
Nightcrawler
Nothing. I was here.
Storm
Jean?
[Invites Jean to read his mind]
Dr. Jean Grey
I'd rather get him back to the professor.
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[Jean and Storm are headed off to Boston to find Nightcrawler]
Professor X
I'm sending you the coordinates of his location right now
Storm
Lets just hope he cooperates...
Professor X
Yes, for his sake. Good luck.
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Wolverine
I need you to read my mind again.
Professor X
Logan, the mind isn't just a box that can be unlocked and opened, it's a beehive with many...
Wolverine
Spare me the lecture.
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