Chapter 9- Understanding One Another
"Look at the stars!" Jean exclaimed. "They're soo beautiful!"
They are just stars! Pheonix told her. They are just balls of gas in a void, there isn't anything interesting about that!
"They're soo wonderful!"
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"She's still not back yet Scott," Xavier told him when he saw him staring out a window instead of paying attention to his homework. "Give them time."
"How much time?"
"As much as they need."
"I wish they would just come back, I miss her.."
"So do I."
"Professor, what if she doesn't come back for a long time?" Scott asked.
"Then we'll be here waiting for her."
"Professor," he paused, "thank you for understanding."
"Your welcome Scott. Now start your homework."
"Okay."
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2 months later......
The next system is in deep turmoil, the Phoenix tried to explain. Even though Phoenix believed that the presence of Jean Grey was menacing, she found that explaining what they were doing and where they were going helped calm the host.
"That's what you said about the last 50 systems that we've gone through," Jean told the Phoenix. "When will we return home?"
Why do you like that planet? Phoenix asked curiously.
"Because it's my home and I miss my friends, the professor, and...Scott."
Those people do not matter, they are merely lifeforms that have an useless existance that's only goal is to procreate.
"They are not useless and not all are the same..."
But your race are not wanted there....
"Race? You mean mutants?"
Yes. I suppose that is what your race is called. Why are you so hated by so many?
"We are hated because we're different and people are afraid of what they don't understand. And not everyone hates mutants, some actually understand that it's just evolution."
Evolution? Oh, I understand. I still do not see why people would fear others because of differences?