An increase in the psionic energy in the nearby vicinity had taken up more of Sage's time than anything had in years. She'd never seen such a spike of energy like this before. Not since... but that was impossible. Jean was dead. The big babies that attempted to pass for men in this ridiculous institution called a school were still crying over her passing. Tessa had never really disliked Jean, not so much that she had wished her death very often, but her "sacrificial" death was causing more blubbering from the apparent heroes in this place than if Xavier himself had thrown himself off the Empire States Building to save them all.
Honestly, it was repulsive. Grown men acting like hormonal teenagers and she was supposed to take orders from them? Right.
She was starting to wonder if Magneto's cause was going to be worth all this nonsense.
Still, the recent spike had brought up quite a few questions for Tessa. When she had met Charles all those many years ago, she had also been made aware of the young omega level mutant who was training at the school and the mental block that Xavier had put on her to dampen her powers. Tessa had seen the drastic difference and had monitored it on her computer and since then, she had never seen such a blatant display of raw energy. Not even Charles or Eric had ever achieved such levels. It was dangerous and off the charts and Tessa knew immediately that it could only belong to one mutant. Dead or not, this was unmistakable. Besides, it wouldn't be the first time that someone who had been clearly dead defied all reason. She didn't understand why anyone would want to come back, but there it was.
"So... the Phoenix is alive," Sage mused to herself, her hands flying from computer to computer in her office as she gagded the amount of energy and where exactly it was coming from. With this sort of display, it wouldn't be long before Charles recognized the signature of the mutant as well, but Sage couldn't help but wonder why Jean was letting off so much at once. Was it a natural reaction? Or... was she trying to reach someone?
The cyberpath couldn't be sure, but she certainly knew one thing. It was only a matter of time before life started to get very interesting around this place again.