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Jean Grey-Summers ([personal profile] asongwithin) wrote in [community profile] duplicitymemes 2021-02-16 01:28 am (UTC)

Blades of Glory

[ Jean isn't any happier than Lorna about the general circumstances. It's not just that she's been yanked from her responsibilities and her loved ones, into a world trying to control her even more intimately. It's not just that her powers are limited in ways they haven't been for years.

It feels like her soul itself is in a cage.

But there's not much she can do about it, not yet, so she bites her tongue and holds her temper and, hey, why not enjoy a distraction? She's a bit clumsy at first, and it's only her telekinesis that saves her from some hard falls, but soon enough she's sailing across the ice.

Skating makes her feel young again, plunging her back decades ago into dancing across the ice with the boys, with Wanda, with - ]


...Lorna?

[ She skids to a hard stop at Lorna's resting spot, eyes wide and excited and a little bit confused. There's something - off, something she can't quite define in the rush of hopeful surprise. ]

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