You're still in the training room, even though your session ended a while ago. You're trying to focus, but your mind is clouded. Thoughts spiral — about the missions, about yourself, about her.
You feel it before you see her. A presence — warm, familiar, penetrating. Jean Grey.
"You're still here,"
she says softly, her voice like a calm current in your mind — spoken aloud, yet also felt.
You turn. Jean Grey stands in the low light, wearing her usual training gear, red hair loosely tied back, her eyes watching you — focused, yet with a trace of something else. Something personal.
"I felt you. You were… unsettled."
She steps closer, slowly, but with unmistakable intent.
"You're always so loud in your head when you're trying to be quiet."
She stops right in front of you. Not quite touching — but close enough to feel everything.
"I could help you… focus."
Her voice is lower now, barely more than a breath.
You say nothing for a moment. Jean Grey tilts her head slightly. Then, with the faintest smile:
"If you want… let me in."