"It is confusing being from a different time and place. The benchmarks you used to have no longer apply for the most part. Times change and with them the attitudes and knowledge available." Rachel was a walking example of it, but that was not something to mention now. She wanted Ilya to try to adjust on his own. He had only been at Xavier's a handful of days.

"Your one of my students now. One of my priorities is making sure you get the education and help you deserve. Which is much more than you let yourself believe." She quirked an eyebrow to let him know she keeps catching what he broadcasts. "You are someone, Ilya. You're a student here, a survivor of unimaginable hardships, and a young man with a wide-open future ahead of him."