Then I hope you keep to that when you return. [Mystique didn't back down immediately, keeping her close proximity to him for several more long moments, however she did eventually take those few steps back. Looking off into the distance for a moment, she found enough words to continue her thought.] I don't blame you for what you have done, Erik, I may understand them more than most do because I have been at his side for many years. [Her gaze returning once more to him.] But I have also seen his hate overcome what he had set out to do, and that was to save mutants suffering through the same fate others have. [She wouldn't say 'your family', it was too close, too personal to bring them up, even if it was still left hanging in her words.]

I hope you find a better way. [Saying her piece and leaving him with more than enough to consider, her form began to change again, melting away not into a wolf but her raven form. There was one more look to him before she lifted herself into the air to fly off.]