[So it's similar to what Charles does, wiping minds clean of incriminating information. It's a process that leaves a bad taste in his mouth, having been subjected to a less scrupulous telepath's ministrations before.] It would make sense that you have systems in place, if magic has been around for a long time. Mutants have only started to evolve in this century.

Well, you can talk about something that isn't intense. Like books.