[CONTINUATIONS]

[mind_over_metal]

[what it says on the tin]

Comments

[finalities]

[And now there's worry and fear]

Yes, professor.

[mind_over_metal]

*smiles reassuringly -- not trivializing it but showing confidence*

It's a changing situation, is all. The mind isn't a set thing. It's vital that we stay aware.

[finalities]

... what did it say?

[mind_over_metal]

She was a part of you that's been locked away. A very powerful part that has been neglected for too long, I fear. So we'll have to proceed with caution while remembering both that she is you but also that she hasn't grown to know the world as you have.

[finalities]

She can't be me. The things I felt before I died. [before she chose to die] She's nothing like me at all.

[mind_over_metal]

I didn't say that she was you, Jean. She's part of you. And a part will always present a skewed picture of the whole.

[finalities]

[bites her lip, not sure how to feel about this.]

[mind_over_metal]

You're still Jean Grey to me. Can you still be Jean Grey to yourself?

[finalities]

[looks at her hands] I have to be.