Jean nodded, her face softening. "We know. There's a second team, they are getting the students out." For now at least, the extra problems she had been hearing over comms and relayed didn't need to be dealt with. Certainly not by the Professor, certainly not now.
He slumped forward and she reached for his shoulders, her mouth dropped open to ask if he was all right but she stopped, wordlessly. His mind grabbed for hers and instead of panicking she closed her eyes. Jean remembered this. Her mind being suddenly thrust open, no barriers, no way to protect herself. It went on for too long, and her only salvation had been the Professor.
So she let his mind latch onto hers and find it's balance. Find his own barriers.She hadn't realized she wasn't even breathing. Until he was able to pull back. It's all right Charles. Let me help you. She felt his mind reaching and blinked, pulling her own barriers up over them both.