<div class="floatleft">(http://images.moviefanatic.com/iu/t_full/v1364991557/berenice-marlohe.jpg)</div>Name: Elizabeth "Betsy" Braddock aka Psylocke<br/>Location: Laura's Room<br/>Outfit: pinstripe suit, purple blouse<br/>Tagged: Laura, Logan, Open<br/>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br/><br/>The remarks and looks elicited only an impassive stare from the woman before her.  Not once did her delicate features fall from their cool façade.  Instead she only reached upward to brush a strand of hair from her face to reveal the almond features of her face and the strong cut of her jawline.  At one time Betsy Braddock might have flinched but life had forced her to be cut from harder stone.  So instead she only continued to wait for the woman’s anger to realize her anger would find no purchase here.  Considering her lineage this might take some time, yet the best way to burn out a flame was to fan the fire to greater heights.<br/><br/>“Anger is good Laura.  Anger is easy, predictable and familiar.  One of the baser emotions to draw upon and certainly one quite infamous to your family line.  Tell me is that why you hurt yourself, in need of an outlet for such anger to manifest?  Hurt yourself, hurt others.  I am sure you can see why we have need to keep you separate from the children of the school.”<br/><br/>The small barb was placed, the wound meant to hurt and anger yet be mended just as easily.  Psylocke had no desire to send the woman into the throes of depression, only rage where she might feel empowered and so emboldened.  Behind her words she allowed her mind to work toward establishing a link between the pair and piercing the defenses of Laura’s mind.  She knew that her powers were minor compared to Charles and Jean, but she was all that remained for the X-Men to draw upon in regard to the once formidable psychic powers of the institution.  There simply was no one else for this sort of task and so she must struggle onward to help those that could be helped.<br/><br/>For the others….well there was a time and place for such thoughts.<br/>