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Jean Grey	Taking a breather from all the Christmas/New Year extravaganza, Jean is sitting in a seiza by the lake, her hands resting on her knees, palms upwards. She seems to be taking some kind of meditation, her eyes closed, though there's an eerie sense she's quite aware of her surrounding.
Lorna Dane	Lorna was having a rather tough holiday season, and came out to the lake to escape some of the cheer and chaos of the mansion. She wore a heavy coat, mittens, hat, and had put on a pair of tall fuzzy boots. Her steps crunched on the frost covered ground, her gaze lost in thought as she traveled. The green haired woman was nearly on top of Jean before she realized she wasn't alone either. A sheepish laugh followed and Lorna came to a stop near the red head. "Hey Jean."
Jean Grey	"Lorna...came from some fresh air yourself?" Jean asks with a pleasant tone of voice, clearly pleased to see another shared her feeling of needing space, air, and distance from the hustle and bustle. "Happy New Year, Lorna, hope it's a great one! Maybe with a little less drama..."
Lorna Dane	Lorna laughed softly, shrugging once as she reached up to adjust the brim of her hat as the wind blew an icy gust off the lake at them. She shivered, and grimaced faintly. "Yeah, air and time to think." She murmured, her shoulders rising and falling in a shrug as she turned her green eyed gaze back to Jean. "Students driving you crazy?" She asked, arching a brow upward as she shoved her mittened hands into her pockets again. The comment about drama had her lips twitching faintly in amusement. "I doubt it. My father is already up to no good, and I've gotten a letter from someone claiming to be my sister.. another one.. So. Who knows. Also Roberto hates my father and my father hates him so, that'll be fun."
Jean Grey	"At least the children had a great time, so there's that about this time of the year, but it really is taxing on the faculty," Jean murmurs with a soft smile as she opens her eyes to acknowledge Lorna. "I must say, it felt better being a student and driving the teachers nuts, compared to being the teacher and being driven nuts..." she notes with a stiffled chuckle. "Oh...? What is the Emperor of Genosha planing next I wonder...? Anything we should be ready to act against?" "Just how many sisters do you have...?"
Lorna Dane	Lorna grinned, "Oh it was so much better being a student than having a job and.. responsibilities. I can't teach, dunno how you do it. I'd snap and throw a desk at some kid." She joked lightly, "I remember some of the hijinks from my days in high school." She paused in consideration as Jean asked about what her father was up to a sigh followed. "I dunno, I just know he's been spending a lot of time outside of Genosha's borders. That's all. And it's troubling." She pursed her lips together and made a face at the question regarding sisters. "Roberto is convinced someone is trying to play a joke on me and that it's fake. I'm not so sure, given my father's past behavior and well.. I exist. Wanda and Pietro exist. He's nearly a hundred years old.. soo.." She grimaced and trailed off
Jean Grey	"Oh my god, exactly that! I had no clue how much busy work the Professor had to do besides just teaching us..." Jean laments, but not without an impish grin on her lips. She full on laughs as Lorna suggests how she might do as a teacher, before quipping, "luckily in this school, the kids would be expected to deal with it!" She nods at the mention of Wanda and Pietro, "at least I knew about these two, but you didn't quite grow up together, right? I mean, do they feel like your siblings or does it feel weird?"
Lorna Dane	Lorna sighed, but her lips twitched together faintly. "I suppose people wouldn't complain too much if I threw a desk at the kids here... I mean, it is training, technically, right?" She mused, and shrugged again. She pursed her lips together in consideration though, and shifted her weight upon her feet in thought. "I didn't know them at all, hell, I didn't know I related to Magneto until I was what... nineteen, twenty?" She exhaled a breath. "Wanda and Pietro treat me like siblings when I see them.. but it feel, awkward. They're adults. And while we're trying... it just.. it's clear that they have their own closeness and I'm just going to be on the outside of that."
Jean Grey	"Exactly, all's fair in the name of training. Though, officially, of course, I wouldn't much condone it," Jean notes with a playful wink, "good thing we're friends!" Jean does listen very intently to Lorna relating her story, trying to ponder what it must be like to be in her shoes. "So...does Magneto feels like a 'dad' to you at all? I mean, that must have been quite weird for the both of you..."
Lorna Dane	Lorna pursed her lips, "I was raised by foster parents that never much treated me like their kid. More of a burden. They didn't want kids themselves, and they ended up with me.. so." She shrugged again, shoving her hands into her pockets to try to warm them against the winter chill. "So I can't say whether or not Magneto feels like a father per say.. But sometimes.. yes. I feel closer to him than Pietro or Wanda. And not just because of our powers being similar." She shifted her weight on her feet. "I just can't stand how he keeps so many secrets and ugh.. it seems like every time I turn around there's an Earth shattering secret he kept from me in an effort to 'protect' me...."