[Charles can tell he's hurt by it, and there's a part of him that - despite everything - feels bad about it. It wasn't even entirely about trust being broken, or about personally being upset about everything that had happened. There was an element of that, yes, but Tony had been willing to take it apart and make a weapon, looking to kill someone. Charles wasn't going to let him have access to that sort of thing if he could help it, wasn't going to give him the temptation, because he really should be better than that, and so he'd hidden the other chair in his room until he could be sure Tony was back on the right track.
He might use it again later. But for the time being, it was better to minimize how much more damage could be done.]
For the time being, yes. [Because he had options, now, potentially, and while he wasn't desperate enough to take up Franklin on his offer, there were other things he could pursue, and he would maybe be able to walk again, and God, he wanted it. There was a time when he'd almost thought the choice to ask the Admiral to mend his spine had been selfish, that maybe he should reconsider, but he knew he couldn't live like this on the Barge anymore, and he just couldn't wait anymore.]
You look like you're feeling a little better. [Comparatively, anyway, in that he was aware he was even here, this time.]
[Spam]
He might use it again later. But for the time being, it was better to minimize how much more damage could be done.]
For the time being, yes. [Because he had options, now, potentially, and while he wasn't desperate enough to take up Franklin on his offer, there were other things he could pursue, and he would maybe be able to walk again, and God, he wanted it. There was a time when he'd almost thought the choice to ask the Admiral to mend his spine had been selfish, that maybe he should reconsider, but he knew he couldn't live like this on the Barge anymore, and he just couldn't wait anymore.]
You look like you're feeling a little better. [Comparatively, anyway, in that he was aware he was even here, this time.]