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Moment of Awesome - Jean Grey/Phoenix: In the aftermath of taking down the Hellord, Jean lets Garrison Kane know just how much his actions hurt. Jean stared back at him, narrowing her eyes. "Do you think I want to make all of you stay here? You were flayed alive. Your skin just grew back. My apologies for wanting to do my job in making sure you heal properly," she said. All of them liked to fight her like they were damn children after horrendous injury when she wanted them to stay a little longer to make sure they were okay. At least she told them the truth and didn't join up with an anti-human terrorist group to accomplish her goals. "Know what...half a day's fine." "Thank you." He saw the anger, but healing wasn't always about physical health. Jean said nothing, pulling out her tablet to take some notes. "I need to check your vitals." "Whatever you need. I think most of my vitals have grown back by now." It was a lame joke, but at least an attempt to lighten the mood a little. The result was just Jean staring at him as she grabbed a cuff to measure blood pressure, wrapping it around his arm and squeezing the pump to inflate. "118 over 79," she said once the cuff had inflated properly, writing the information down with her stylus before crossing the room. "People almost died, you know," she said. "Is this when you want to have the talk?" Kane said, giving her a sideways look. "Because you're right. People almost died. But you're missing the rest of the statement, which is the whole point of being an X-Man. People almost died in order to stop something far worse from happening to a lot more innocent people." Jean spun around on her heel, a spark of fire in her eyes that quickly disappeared. "That is not the goddamn point, Garrison! It's what you tell yourself to justify your actions," she said, stabbing the air with her finger. "It just happened to work out this time. You didn't even ask us for help. You took things into your own hands and went to the enemy. And if Magneto turned on you and killed you...you would have died alone. And innocent people might have died anyway. Do you have any idea what happened while you were gone? Or wait...did Amanda tell you? Because apparently the two of you know better than anyone else. I am sorry this happened to you but that is not the point of being an X-Man." "You know, I wish I knew everything. Especially without asking. It makes life so much easier and judgements... fuck, judgements get real simple when you get to decide how things went down on your own." Kane said, but there was no anger in his voice. No real fight even. Just a flat, almost mechanical response. "Get your vitals, Doctor. I'll be here for the next half day. After that, maybe you'll want the whole story or maybe you won't. But after that, you don't have to have anything else to do with me." Jean narrowed her eyes. "Really? If someone else were in your position and had pulled that same crap without telling you, you would be just as pissed as I am. How can I not 'judge you' based on what I had to deal with? Do you know how fun it is to try to put Kyle's skull back together? Spoiler...It's not. I tried to ask you what was going on, remember? But then I still went. Because I trusted you. Because of what we'd been through. So don't give me that...'you'll want to know the whole story, or maybe you won't' shit. Of course I do."