PHOENIX.

        ‘ there’s just ... there has GOT to be a way for us to get through to them without turning into them. ’

       ‘ --- people are always scared of what they don’t understand. weren’t YOU scared of your wings for a bit ? i was scared of my powers. there was so much going on at once. it doesn’t excuse their actions, but ... it does put it into perspective. there’s NOTHING wrong with us. it’s not fair, that their mindset is the prejudice one, and we’re who they’re against. i hate it too. ’

      ‘ –– well, cut out the wiggly fingers first of all, that might do you some good. and maybe ... play it off as a joke ? you don’t have to let them know that you actually can, you know, read minds. ’

     ‘ they’ve always been indifferent us, i’m just saying it might be best to team up for the time being. we can go back to hating each other AFTER we win, or at least, getting our rights back. not every war can be a revolutionary war, it’s better to have bigger numbers to get the point across. we can be angry -- just be angry while protesting against the united states government. ’

     ‘ no you can’t, ’ she agrees, nodding. ‘ the japanese-american was just as terrorized as the jewish, and the millions in war before that. ’ jean never felt such things ( a lie, she’s felt other people’s terror -- but as for first hand experiences, she’s never had that ) -- she’s been at xavier’s for more than half of her lifetime on earth. ‘ that could work, i think. what would you say ? they would listen, but you would have to be careful with what you say, and who you talk to about it afterwards, too. ’

       ‘ you know you can TALK to me, right ? i tease but ... if you need someone to listen to you, i’ll do it. ’

        ‘ you know, professor, you really ought to get some better convincing methods. wiggling your fingers and saying it won’t HURT doesn’t really make the average person letcha do your thing. ’

       “ morning to you too, warren. that is what the media does, you know. take everything and spin the story to make it look more  black and white, when it’s very much not. ”

        ‘ i think they just want things to be like it was way back when -- when people used to follow their church and government blindly, because that’s all they knew. wasn’t that when the idea of things being black and white formed, anyways ? --- first hand ? no, it was the worst war with the most human losses, wasn’t it ? ’

        ‘ no, but perhaps consider it’d be a good idea to stick together, instead of letting the past drive us apart. the act effects mutants too, you know. if it gives us a reason to work together for something we BOTH deserve, why be so angry at it ?? ”

        ‘ -- ALWAYS a pleasure to eat breakfast with you too, warren. because the first thing i want to hear every morning is your bitter tone. ’

      “ understandable -- we all have our bad seeds, as mutants such as magneto has proved, it just seems we get rid of them faster than you do. i do wish you luck, i know i’ll be out there trying to talk some SENSE into them, if professor asks for me to be by his side. ”

      a big smile is on her face, she blushing only slightly. “ not as cute as you, though. seriously, your bed head puts mine to shame -- in cuteness, of course, ” jean tells kitty teasingly, head tilting to the side. “ that is really cool !! to have someone understand your feelings through and through, it must be nice to have that. then how about a mini-team ?? because you’re no sidekick either. --- yeah !! only if you let me treat you to dinner afterwards, though. ”