[Peter doesn't know the exact why his mother never told his father but after a certain point it wouldn't have made much difference. Erik was behind bars and association would've probably made them stick out more than two mutant children in the 60s already did. It all played out the way it did for a reason, or so Peter just... likes to excuse it.
Dad's rich though, eh? Sweet.] Thanks, I guess. I don't really care about money, to be honest.
That's not why... [He loses his voice; glancing away.
It's not why he went looking for his father, but he doesn't know how to sum up why he did. To know? To let him know? To learn. Never to ask for anything, never to expect anything. There might be a small part of him that wants to demand things but it's just a remnant of an angry kid who didn't know better at the time.]
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Dad's rich though, eh? Sweet.] Thanks, I guess. I don't really care about money, to be honest.
That's not why... [He loses his voice; glancing away.
It's not why he went looking for his father, but he doesn't know how to sum up why he did. To know? To let him know? To learn. Never to ask for anything, never to expect anything. There might be a small part of him that wants to demand things but it's just a remnant of an angry kid who didn't know better at the time.]