Jean Grey blinked her doe-like eyes a few times, looking at her teacher, Mrs. Emma Howlett, whose expression was both helpless and indulgent. For some reason, her heart felt strangely tangled.
"We're living beings with emotions. No one can completely cast aside a particular feeling. Even if you forcibly lock it away and suppress it with powerful mental abilities, you're only leaving that 'bomb' for a more dangerous moment in the future."
The White Queen gently brushed a few strands of hair from the girl's forehead with her slender, pale fingertips, then continued patiently.
"That voice represents a part of your own mind and emotions, one that's exceptionally intense. Until you've fully mastered all your power, it will keep emerging from time to time. Fortunately, if you'd chosen to bury this emotion with your mental abilities when you were young, it would certainly have become a huge problem by now."
"But you're strong enough now, and you've steadily learned to manage your power over the years. Keep up this balance and pace, and it's only a matter of time before you completely dispel that suppressed emotional personality."
In the quiet underground training room, flickering streaks of icy blue energy cast faint glimmers of light.
Jean lowered her eyes. The uncomfortable feeling in her chest was like having her heart pried open, then crushed into pieces.
The girl knew that even if she opened her mind, her teacher Emma's psychic probe wouldn't pry into her memories or her innermost thoughts.
But the more that was true, the more her suppressed guilt and even shame intensified.
"Spend more time meditating in the snowfields of Greenland. In that cold, lonely environment, contemplate the second level of the Evolution Technique, and continue strengthening your vitality and emotional control."
Emma led Jean by the hand