"Cerebro is a device used to enhance telepathic abilities that Professor Xavier uses to locate mutants," Gabriel explained. "I would ask...but something in me doesn't want to. It's...hard to explain the feeling some parents feel when they do something for the betterment of their kids."

In other words, he was scared. He was always told she gave him up to keep him safe. Would it break her heart to see him now--Putting himself in danger, when she did what she did for specifically for the exact opposite?

"Besides," he continued, "I'm sure she doesn't want to know she's a grandmother already." He wanted to end that on a joking note.