Charles Xavier Shielding lessons, first run

[basic_powers]

As Tyler jogs in from his practice outside, he glances around the bar room proper to try and spot Charles for his next lesson. Seeing however, as it is evening for the Bar and the dinner crowd is making it difficult to spot anyone. Even standing up on rafter above the crowd isn't helping, and really, he's looking forward to this lesson.

Less likely to get him blown up, or grant superpowers, after all.

So then, it comes down to how best to get his teacher's attention in a crowd...without alerting the rest of Milliways.

Scooones, SCOOOOoones, Scones, Scones, Scones, Crumbly buttery scoooooooOOOOOOoones, sung inside of his head.

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[balancingminds]

It can be adapted as he needs it and only he knows his way around it, "Wonderful."

[basic_powers]

"Thanks."

[balancingminds]

"You did most of it,"

Which made Charles' teaching job much easier as it was more like leading.

[basic_powers]

"I'm still learning stuff."

Maybe in time, the set-up he has will be something completely different.

For now though, he feels a lot more secure, it's less likely he's going to let something slip now.

"Ready to try those scones now."

[balancingminds]

"And you won't stop learning, that's the joy of it. Right, I asked for a good variety so we have cheese, date and the classic scone. Also jam and clotted cream which you have to have with scones. Would you like some tea if I ordered it?"

When it comes to tea, Charles becomes rather British.

[basic_powers]

"Is it anything like japanese green tea?"

He does honestly like learning stuff, provided it's not likely to send him to the infirmary. But don't tell some of his teachers that.

[balancingminds]

"It's stronger in a different way and you usually add milk and sugar to it or sometimes lemon. It's a black tea instead of a green tea. Though if you like green tea better we can get that."

[basic_powers]

"I'll try it with milk and see how I like it. Green tea was okay, I might have it again if I ever order riceballs for lunch."

[balancingminds]

"Then one moment,"

He finds a rat and soon returns with a tea set of English Breakfast tea with warm milk, cubes of sugar and lovely plates. The pattern though if you look closely is made out of little hobbit holes with hobbits on the edges.

[basic_powers]

...Okay, tea in Milliways is really, really neat. Hobbits!

Ray did take the time to read the Hobbit to him at least once.

"Hobbit tea!"

[balancingminds]

Charles laughs as that's just perfect,

"Well, hobbits know how to do tea properly."

[basic_powers]

"And they don't waste time going about it," Tyler grins, carefully picking up a tea cup. "Okay..how do you do a proper tea?"

[balancingminds]

"I pour out the tea for us and then you take a sip and decide what you want to add to it. Then we drink our tea and eat our scones slathered with whatever we'd like,"

He's always loved that scones are one of the foods that you're encouraged to make a mess with.

[basic_powers]

...Tyler has decided with that first cup that his tea needs milk and two lumps of sugar.

And five seconds after his first bite of a scone with clotted cream he really likes proper tea.

Thank all the gods he spends so much time working out or he'd never burn off all these calories. For now, there is nothing but delight in a new thing.