[Okay...the reaction was unexpected, but not entirely unappreciated either...slightly worrying, perhaps. Fortunately he can push it to the back of his mind.]

Well...at least I haven't lost my touch entirely, because I could probably talk science at you all day. [Wait...let's amend that.] Well...ah...in a purely professional sense of course.

[Charles can't help allowing his eyes to wander to James's wings, the flash of yellow is unavoidably distracting.]

I would appreciate that...do you, are those what I think they are?