We'll see if I can muster up the...nerve. It's been a long time since I've used that kind of charm.

[Eight years, in fact, he's just trying to get the hang of re-socialize himself in this new world.

Though when James turned his back on him to show off the wings Charles couldn't help a the quirk of his lips, he also couldn't help reaching out to touch them experimentally.]

Fantastic...just fantastic. Were you born with them or...?