Originally Posted by
Rift
I didn't see it that way. I saw it as Xavier's honest and untainted perception, and the final page is showing exactly what he feared. In this instance, I felt that the narration was a general overview of his insights, rather than what he was thinking and talking about in real time, like most narration. That's why the narration continues even when he's dead, and why the narration throughout the issue was about his way of thinking, instead of talking about the events unfolding around him.