[As if on cue, his smile fades. The grief from earlier doesn't fully come back, but without Scott trying to make some levity out of the situation, that ever present sadness is far more apparent like it's really never left him. For a moment, it doesn't look like the mutant is going to answer her, just keeping silent and still as he controls his breathing. His thoughts, really.

The stillness probably felt longer than it actually was before Scott turns his head to stare out at the ocean once more. It's not the same waters that took Jean. He knows that, but it still makes this harder.]

This girlfriend you mentioned. The one that my younger self is dating.

[..........] Tell him to protect her with everything that he is.

[Scott doesn't fully tell Ange to watch over this girl too. Maybe because he feels like he doesn't have to or that's just not her burden to bare. Although, knowing her personality just from their brief interaction so far, Scott knows that she'd probably try her best too.]