Was that fucking reverse psychology? Some of the subhuman garbage at Umbra used it from time to time, to trick her into doing things she didn't want to.

Ryder didn't feel safe here, even if she had eyes on the entire place. Ryder didn't want to [i]be[/i] here. But honestly where on this godforsaken planet [i]would[/i] she want to be? Her powers gave her a connection to the entire world, and from her cage, she knew the tragedy that mutants lived in place of a life. Country after country passed laws that labelled them as beneath the ordinary human. All it would take was for someone to hold eye contact with her for long enough to get the feeling that [i]something[/i] was up. And then it was all downhill from there. 

And yet, she didn't trust Xavier. She had little reason to, beyond the fact that they poked at her and kept her alive. But that only made her want to atomize every square kilometer of the building and its surroundings. So in her brutal, survival-oriented mind, Ryder came to a crossroad: Take what she could get and risk another imprisonment that she could, realistically, get out of if she tried; Alternatively, just walk away now and figure it all out later. Ryder didn't leave things up to chance, she didn't just figure things out [i]whenever,[/i] or leave something unaccounted for in her plans. Ryder was many things, unhinged, brave beyond logical reasoning, absolutely visceral; Chief among those qualities was strategic. 

What else did she stand to lose, other than time?

[color=00ffff]"...Fine. But only because I don't want you following me [i]after[/i] the bullet holes are gone for good."[/color] The implication there was that Ryder would leave [i]eventually.[/i] Was she pressuring Xavier to show an unseen hand? To try and make sudden plea for her to stay in spite of what he had already said? Who could say? 

Interestingly enough, not her.

[color=00ffff]"I still don't trust you, or any of you. I [i]dare[/i] you to forget that. Now, where were we going?"[/color]