"As long as Jean's will remains dominant, I can still use my psychic power to suppress the disadvantaged Fire Phoenix," Charles said calmly, though he was not entirely confident inside.
Once the awakened beastial nature realized it was trapped in a cage, it would strike the cage even harder. His psychic barrier could only hold it back for so long.
In other words, once Jean's second personality awakened, breaking free would only be a matter of time.
"Other than sealing her second personality, do you have no other solution?" Aaron asked grimly. "Perhaps you should never have set up a psychic barrier in the first place. If you had let her gradually adapt to that power, maybe this so-called second personality would never have existed."
"That power was too strong, too terrifying." Charles seemed to recall something, and his pupils trembled involuntarily. "Even when she was a child, her telekinesis could affect an entire town—and it was completely out of control.
"At the time, I had two choices before me. One was to set up a psychic barrier while she was still weak and restrain her abilities. The other was not to establish one, and instead slowly guide her in controlling that terrifying power."
"Clearly, you chose the former."
"It was a difficult choice, but I had no alternative." Charles's voice was filled with helplessness. "Even adult Mutants need to keep trying, making mistakes, and trying again before they can gradually master their mutant abilities. Let alone a little girl.
"Jean simply could not control that power at the time. The possibility of Loss of Control was far too great.
"With only the slightest provocation, she could destroy the entire town, including her parents and neighbors.
"If luck was any worse, Mutants might have entered the public eye ten years