by Francis Dashwood » Fri Oct 27, 2017 2:38 am
"I altered no one's thoughts," Francis said, looking down at Jez. "I do not have that power -- and I'll take any test you have if you don't believe me. All I did was make them more receptive, to let them listen with open ears and open minds for 15 minutes.
If you're that afraid of people using their powers, I'm afraid I misjudged the message Charles Xavier was fighting for.
And keep in mind this. If I was going to use my powers maliciously, we wouldn't be having this conversation. You'd all go away thinking my points were reasonable, and only later realize something was amiss. I'm publicizing what happened. I gave people a vision of a future where the hatred and oppression of mutants didn't exist, even if it was just for 15 minutes. Imagine what we could do if we could build on those fifteen going forward. If we could turn those fifteen minutes into an hour, a day, a week, a month, a year. It can happen. And that's what the Brotherhood Party stands for. I'll be showing the Great British public this up and down the nation in the next general election," he continued. "But for now, we're here in Maldon. And it's here where one small group of people can push the pebble that starts the rockslide of inevitability which is equality."
At some point in the conversation, Francis had clearly slipped back into politician speech mode -- probably for the benefit of the TV producers, who were eyeing the exchange critically.