to : Professor Xavier
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cc : Ororo Monroe
Dear Professor,
First, I wanted to say thank you to you (and to Scott) for finding me when I was lost. I was sure someone would come eventually and I wouldn't have to walk all the way home. If you want to know more about what happened I'm putting it together slowly and writing it all out. I'll give it to you when I'm done it and I'll answer any questions that you have. It's just a little slow because I can't type well yet and my head is still a little sore sometimes.
I'm done my high school classes now and am thinking that I'll write my SATs in October. I wanted to talk to you about what happens now. I don't want to go away to school necessarily. I figured that I could get a perfectly good first-year (at least) education here, but I want to make sure that whatever I study will eventually be accepted at a university. I think I know what I want to do with my life, I just have to figure out the order of operations. I guess we'll also have to talk about where I fit into the teams and whatnot while we're at it, right?
I really don't feel comfortable rooming with the 'kids' anymore. For one thing, I don't know how comfortable they're going to be around me and I know I'm just not in the right mindset to be in the midst of them any longer. I know I'm only eighteen but I feel a lot older than that a lot of the time. I just don't see how much I have in common with most of them. I'm not interested in movies or dating or being social like they are. I never really was and now that's just even more obvious to me. I suppose I'm officially requesting a room change. I might be better at being friends with them if I weren't always looking for a break from them.
The last thing on my list is that I'd like permission to apply for a premises license for a handgun so I can start learning to use one. I can't get my carry license until I'm 21, but now that I'm eighteen, I can get a license to own, store, and use a gun on an accredited firing range. Now, if I'm going to go the legal route, my fingerprints are going to go through the FBI's computers, of course. I want to learn to use a gun for a number of reasons, not the least of which is that I'm comfortable with the idea of using one in my own defense or in the defense of anyone else in an emergency. It's a form of ranged defense and offense, which I don't have. Quite frankly, I'd have far prefered to shoot Stanley in the leg than what actually happened. I'll leave that to you to think over. Guns are ugly things, but so is any other way of hurting people, and they're effective when put to proper use and I know I can live with the consequences of using one.
That seems like it's everything for the moment. Thank you again for not giving up on finding me.
~ Marie
cc : Ororo Monroe
Dear Professor,
First, I wanted to say thank you to you (and to Scott) for finding me when I was lost. I was sure someone would come eventually and I wouldn't have to walk all the way home. If you want to know more about what happened I'm putting it together slowly and writing it all out. I'll give it to you when I'm done it and I'll answer any questions that you have. It's just a little slow because I can't type well yet and my head is still a little sore sometimes.
I'm done my high school classes now and am thinking that I'll write my SATs in October. I wanted to talk to you about what happens now. I don't want to go away to school necessarily. I figured that I could get a perfectly good first-year (at least) education here, but I want to make sure that whatever I study will eventually be accepted at a university. I think I know what I want to do with my life, I just have to figure out the order of operations. I guess we'll also have to talk about where I fit into the teams and whatnot while we're at it, right?
I really don't feel comfortable rooming with the 'kids' anymore. For one thing, I don't know how comfortable they're going to be around me and I know I'm just not in the right mindset to be in the midst of them any longer. I know I'm only eighteen but I feel a lot older than that a lot of the time. I just don't see how much I have in common with most of them. I'm not interested in movies or dating or being social like they are. I never really was and now that's just even more obvious to me. I suppose I'm officially requesting a room change. I might be better at being friends with them if I weren't always looking for a break from them.
The last thing on my list is that I'd like permission to apply for a premises license for a handgun so I can start learning to use one. I can't get my carry license until I'm 21, but now that I'm eighteen, I can get a license to own, store, and use a gun on an accredited firing range. Now, if I'm going to go the legal route, my fingerprints are going to go through the FBI's computers, of course. I want to learn to use a gun for a number of reasons, not the least of which is that I'm comfortable with the idea of using one in my own defense or in the defense of anyone else in an emergency. It's a form of ranged defense and offense, which I don't have. Quite frankly, I'd have far prefered to shoot Stanley in the leg than what actually happened. I'll leave that to you to think over. Guns are ugly things, but so is any other way of hurting people, and they're effective when put to proper use and I know I can live with the consequences of using one.
That seems like it's everything for the moment. Thank you again for not giving up on finding me.
~ Marie
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Reply to Marie, copied to Ororo and Charles
Date: 2003-09-11 03:06 am (UTC)I think we can arrange moving you into another room, if that's what you really want.
As for the teams - participation is always optional. We should talk about your thoughts on how you feel you fit in, or don't.
As for the gun issue...I don't have a problem with you learning how to use one. For the rest...I can see your point about ranged offense. I need some time to think about it, however. We should also talk about that as well.
Scott