Lucky for them, impatience is kind of Pietro's default. There is a pregnant pause, yes, but it simply does not take that long for him to think through anything, even so delicate a subject as putting his relationship with Magneto into words. It's not that he's trying to spare Erik anything, really; it's only that these are his feelings, thank you, and therefore none of the other man's business.

"Let us say 'badly' and leave it at that," brisk. He shifts his weight. It would be easier to just be out with it.

"You should know that I do not share my sister's optimism." In...anything, but specifically regarding Erik. "I do not expect to mean a thing to you, nor you to me. If you are to have a place in Wanda's life while we are here, it is unavoidable that you should have some part in mine, but I hardly expect us to be friends."