"Aye, just so." Now his smile is that of genuine approval, for even he read those legends as a boy (or had them read to him, at any rate; he learned to read and write largely just so he could parse Geoffrey's Historia Regum Britannia for himself) and counts it a tragedy today that Le Morte d'Arthur was written 300 years too late for him to have also enjoyed in his youth.

For all that, of course, it was not his decision to name their sanctuary such; it was the decree of Magnus, and rightly so, for it was him who lifted Avalon from the earth and made a sanctuary of it, that which otherwise would have been a barren rock. But he did assist Magneto in Avalon's construction, and privately, suspects the Master of Magnetism may have chosen the name in fancy after awakening his greatest disciple in an ancient Swiss crypt.

He extends his hand to the boy. "Will you come with me then, James Griffiths who calls himself Iggy? The gates of Avalon stand open to you. All you need do is take my hand."