Jean felt the distress before the girl said anything. Her powers were much weaker here, sure, but strong emotions still leaked through and just before she'd asked where she was Jean had felt the confusion, the exhaustion and a thread of frustration. She looked up from the book she'd borrowed from the schoolhouse (Vanity Fair, which was actually interesting for once) and gave her a little smile.

"Yeah, you're actually in one of the circles of hell. That's the short version. The long version is that you're in a creepy village in a place nobody recognizes and there's about two dozen more of us here with you."