[She stiffens for just a moment. It's not an easy story to tell, especially when it's one she's told him before, in a manner of speaking. While she's long since stopped drawing comparisons between this Jean and the one who had come before him, it's easy to forget that he doesn't know everything about her.]

It was... [Her expression wavers, just a little.] I met a great many people. And I had a wealth of knowledge at my fingertips. There are those who could not ask for more.

[None of that really answers the question, she doesn't thing. but it's also a question that she doesn't want to answer, not here at least. The last thing they need is to be distracted by a traumatic story from worlds away.]

Do you need any assistance getting ready?