[If Laura hangs around she can hear Erik say 'broke as fuck', which is 300% more slangy than he usually gets.]

Your tolerance is appreciated. [He's dryly friendly about this. Because his pull point is too early for him to be comfortably calling himself ~*MAGNETO*~. Yet.]

And you'd know more than I would about the suitability of what's available. Although I've been told I'm a quick study.