1. Previously onX-Men...
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2. You X-Men were
allowed to enter,
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3. so that I could have
the pleasure of
introducing you
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4. to the Inner Circle's
newest member.
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5. To our new queen!
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6. Our new queen!
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7. Jean!
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8. We can't
deceive and control
the Phoenix forever.
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9. Some day she'll discover
the truth, and turn against
the Inner Circle.
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10. Your pathetic attempt to
use me has opened my eyes!
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11. No! Please!
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12. You had me do evil
to gain you power.
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13. But through this body,
I felt the thrill of
that evil.
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14. Now I thirst for more!
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15. Jean, it's you.
Talk to me! Help me!
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16. For this new sensation,
the rapture of destruction,
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17. for the
pleasure of the Phoenix!
The unbound joy of evil!
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18. The mortal
Jean Grey is no more.
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19. I am
fire made flesh!
Power incarnate!
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20. I am the Dark Phoenix!
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21. Do not do it.
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22. Oh, dear.
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23. You wish me to
return to the cold
nothingness of space?
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24. You wish me to
give up the body?
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25. Never!
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26. There is a power
beyond good and
evil,
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27. the power to create
and the power to destroy.
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28. Jean, can you hear me?
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29. Jean Grey
can hear nothing.
Speak only to the Phoenix.
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30. Jean, fight it!
Use the powers
of your mind.
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31. Remember what we
mean to each other.
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32. Jean, please,
don't leave me.
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33. Scott? Scott, help me.
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34. Enough!
You are of
no use to me.
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35. Ducks.
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36. I hate ducks.
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37. Gambit can't help but notice
you save him, chere,
and not Wolverine.
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38. Must be
my way with women.
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39. Don't flatter yourself,
swamp-boy.
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40. Little piece of advice,
Cajun.
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41. Never make that
woman mad at you.
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42. Speaking of mood swings,
what's bugging the Phoenix?
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43. She used to
be on our side.
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44. I fear
Xavier's intuition
has proved prescient.
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45. Through
Jean's keen human senses,
the Phoenix has experienced
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46. exhilarating new sensations
and emotions.
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47. I doubt
she wants to
give them up.
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48. Why not ask her?
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49. Better ask her real nice.
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50. Your destiny is
at its end, X-Men.
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51. The Dark Phoenix has
come to destroy you all!
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52. Defend yourselves.
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53. But remember, Jean is up
there with her. Be careful.
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54. I call upon
the power of
the hurricane!
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55. Hang on, sugar.
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56. Do you really think
your puny powers mean
anything to me?
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57. Forgive me, Jean.
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58. This is too easy.
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59. You provide me
only annoyance,
frustration.
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60. The power of lightning!
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61. Why does the body excite
when I must struggle to
get at them?
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62. Get away from her, you witch!
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63. What in the world?
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64. Uh-oh!
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65. Why does
the sensation lessen
when the opponent is weak?
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66. Cyclops, now!
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67. No!
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68. Beast!
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69. Fools! Do you think
I need eyes to see,
ears to hear?
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70. Shouldn't have
done that, gal.
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71. Let's see how cocky you are
once I've drained off some
of your power.
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72. Stop it!
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73. Is this all you
can do against me?
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74. This is too easy.
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75. Give her back!
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76. Why do you care
about this body?
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77. I love her.
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78. Love? I do not understand.
Your answer is unacceptable.
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79. Scott? What have I done?
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80. I love you, Scott.
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81. No matter
what the future holds,
I will always love you.
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82. Never forget.
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83. Jeannie.
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84. Life readings, Eluke?
As if I didn't already know.
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85. Nothing, Captain.
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86. The D'Bari star system is
as devoid of life
as the others.
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87. It seems such a waste.
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88. An entire
universe out there,
waiting to be discovered,
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89. and we're asked to
map dead star systems.
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90. Who knows?
Maybe one day we
shall find something.
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91. What is it?
What's happening?
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92. I don't know.
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93. Eluke!
What was that? A comet?
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94. No. It is alive!
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95. It just plunged into
the sun.
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96. Surely, it cannot
have survived.
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97. According to my readings,
Captain, the creature is
still alive.
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98. Not only alive, but feeding!
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99. Feeding? On a star?
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100. Engine room!
Full forward, now!
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101. All engines stop!
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102. Why are we stopping?
Get us out of here!
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103. No.
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104. That thing, whatever it is,
just destroyed an entire
star system.
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105. If those planets
had been inhabited,
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106. billions of innocent beings
would have been wiped out.
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107. We must
destroy that creature
before it feeds again.
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108. Eluke,
where is the creature now?
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109. Gone. Just gone!
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110. Connect me
with the Empress.
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111. No,
do not pursue,
return to me now.
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112. - Gladiator.
- Yes, my Empress!
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113. Assemble the Imperial Guard
immediately
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114. and make ready the
Imperial Star Cruiser!
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115. What has happened,
my Empress?
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116. Our worst nightmare.
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117. I'm afraid Jean Grey
no longer exists.
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118. When she first inhabited
Jean's body,
we were thankful.
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119. Jean helped her
protect us
from the M'Kraan Crystal.
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120. But now, Jean has been
overwhelmed by
the alien force within her.
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121. As long as Jean is alive,
we can't stop trying.
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122. Of course, Scott,
but we must also
be honest with ourselves
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123. about the depth
of the problem.
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124. Unless the Phoenix agrees
to leave Jean's body,
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125. I see no way to
save our friend.
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126. Professor,
she's coming back.
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127. She's coming back.
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128. How do you know
the Phoenix is returning?
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129. Jean is returning.
Our psychic rapport
is still functioning.
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130. We will do everything in
our power to protect Jean.
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131. But at the same time,
we must do all we can
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132. to defeat
the Phoenix within her or
our world will not survive.
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133. How do you beat something
that can melt you in
a split second?
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134. - That's it!
- What's it?
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135. Why hasn't the Phoenix
melted us?
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136. How should I know?
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137. Because Jean has at least
some control
over the creature.
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138. That means there's
still hope of
reaching her.
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139. Ah, yes, its mind.
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140. The Inner Circle controlled
the Phoenix-Jean entity,
at least for a time,
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141. by attacking its
most vulnerable spot.
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142. But, Beast,
it's Jean's mind!
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143. I do not propose
to harm her mind,
only disable it.
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144. A mnemonic scrambling device
would temporarily prevent her
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145. from forming
coherent thought.
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146. That could cause the creature
to leave her!
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147. My thoughts, exactly.
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148. How could I
have not seen it?
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149. All those weeks we worked
to make Jean whole again,
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150. simply made her
the perfect host.
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151. Phoenix, why do you still
inhabit Jean's body?
Your work is done.
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152. You do her harm by remaining!
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153. One mnemonic scrambler,
made-to-order.
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154. Now, to find a suitable
test subject.
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155. Volunteers?
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156. - What is it?
- It's Jean.
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157. I feel her presence.
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158. Where? Here?
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159. No, somewhere near.
A place from her past.
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160. A place full of
emotional memories.
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161. Mom, Dad, I'm home.
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162. Mom? Dad?
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163. Mom? Are you here?
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164. Prometheus!
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165. Prometheus, it's me.
Jean.
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166. Daddy? Daddy's home!
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167. Daddy? Is that you?
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168. Daddy? Where are you going?
Daddy?
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169. Forgive me, chere,
this is the only way.
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170. Fools!
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171. Why ain't that
brain buster working?
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172. Patience, Rogue.
It should take
effect momentarily.
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173. Jean, my friend!
Do not reject our help.
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174. Let your mind...
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175. I have no friends!
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176. What is this,
"Catch the X-Men" day?
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177. Her mind is more powerful
than anything
I could imagine.
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178. She has overloaded
the scrambler's circuitry.
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179. We knew
it could come to this.
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180. We got to end it.
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181. Logan?
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182. - Jean?
- Do it.
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183. Quickly, while I
still have control.
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184. Stop her now!
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185. I can't!
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186. Please, if you truly
love me, don't let her...
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187. You should
have destroyed me
when you had the chance.
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188. What a pity, Beast.
I've ruined your
little toy.
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189. Now we'll play on my terms!
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190. Let them go. Jean.
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191. Jean Grey
no longer exists!
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192. I know
you're there, Jean.
I can still feel you.
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193. You cannot
destroy your friends.
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194. Don't be so sure!
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195. I love you, Jean.
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196. We all love you.
And you love us.
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197. You love me. Nothing
will ever change that.
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198. Scott? Scott, I...
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199. Jean!
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200. I'm sorry, Scott,
but I had to attack her mind
while she was distracted.
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201. As long as I've got
her back, safe and...
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202. I only stunned her.
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203. The creature inside her
must be destroyed now.
Quickly.
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204. - No.
- Now. Before she...
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205. Recovers? You're too late.
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206. And as for you...
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207. You once told Jean Grey
that the greatest joy
a teacher has
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208. is to
be surpassed
by his own pupil.
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209. Enjoy!
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210. Stop!
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211. I won't allow you
to enter my...
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212. In the battlefield
of the mind,
my will shall prevail!
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213. Do you really think
your puny mind
is a match for mine?
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214. As you once used
the power of the Phoenix
to bind the M'Kraan Crystal,
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215. I now
bind the Phoenix
with the power of...
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216. The conceit of you humans,
the arrogance!
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217. Jean. If you can
hear me, help me.
Help me. Help me.
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218. This can't be. I am Phoenix!
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219. I now bind the Phoenix
with the power of my mind!
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220. No!
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221. No!
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222. Professor!
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223. Jean!
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224. Professor,
will she be all right?
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225. Jeannie.
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226. The Phoenix is contained,
for now.
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227. I could never have defeated
the Phoenix if Jean herself
had not helped me.
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228. The strength of her
mind is truly awesome.
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229. Hi, four-eyes.
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230. Hi yourself, tiger.
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231. We got company.
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232. The Shi'ar.
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233. Greetings, Charles.
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234. Lilandra!
What is the matter?
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235. Why didn't you alert
me telepathically?
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236. Charles Xavier, it is
the decision of the High
Council of the Shi'ar Empire
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237. that the being known both
as the Phoenix and as
Jean Grey,
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238. must be destroyed!
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239. Lilandra, stop this!
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240. For the sake
of all that live,
Jean Grey must perish.
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