He does not want to start that fight, no, but he would if necessity called for it—the same way Erik will fight anyone who gives him, as he sees it, no alternative choice.

There's no sense in opening the door to look after Pietro, he knows, so he doesn't. He just stands there, still in the same place he was left, arms still folded, and looks to the ceiling. Closes his eyes. Attempts a moment of decompression. Ultimately, it fails to be effective.

This family...