[ The first response, before any words, is just how happy Dylan is that she not only knows him, but remembers him.
It's different from the hivemind connection he's been sharing with Sleeper — Or even the larger hivemind he'd had access to back home, before he'd lost his powers there. The hive had been a signal he could open and close at will — Now, Jean is beaming her communication directly into his brain, and he's not entirely certain how to answer. How had he done it before? Ultimately, Dylan just thinks out his response in her general direction, and hopes for the best. ]
{ Yeah, it's me! }
[ However gentle Jean was trying to be, the contact was still a shock, but not an unpleasant one. It's like a splash of cold water, soaking right through any protective layers to get right at the core of his thoughts. It's not unlike the first time they'd spoken, when he was facing down Knull alone so long ago. Through a billion-symbiote cacophony, Jean's thoughts had come through clear as a bell, and been a lifeline to cling to as he reached into Knull's power and freed the heroes he'd enslaved.
Jean's mental voice was already a beacon of hope and safety to him. It's certainly welcome now. ]
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It's different from the hivemind connection he's been sharing with Sleeper — Or even the larger hivemind he'd had access to back home, before he'd lost his powers there. The hive had been a signal he could open and close at will — Now, Jean is beaming her communication directly into his brain, and he's not entirely certain how to answer. How had he done it before? Ultimately, Dylan just thinks out his response in her general direction, and hopes for the best. ]
{ Yeah, it's me! }
[ However gentle Jean was trying to be, the contact was still a shock, but not an unpleasant one. It's like a splash of cold water, soaking right through any protective layers to get right at the core of his thoughts. It's not unlike the first time they'd spoken, when he was facing down Knull alone so long ago. Through a billion-symbiote cacophony, Jean's thoughts had come through clear as a bell, and been a lifeline to cling to as he reached into Knull's power and freed the heroes he'd enslaved.
Jean's mental voice was already a beacon of hope and safety to him. It's certainly welcome now. ]