The cliffhanger is not shocking because someone might be dead but because the reader wonders why would Charles do that. Other than that, the general...
I am thinking along the same lines. There does seem to be a missing piece that ends with a clean slate for Charles which I think this story might set...
My interpretation had nothing to do with a link between Charles and Enigma. Charles and Moira have exchanged so much telepathically that if that was...