[He thinks back to that - that life he couldn't remember. It's weird to think that if he hadn't gone home and come back without his memories, he'd be around Rogue's age now. Maybe he would have been helping to call the shots. Maybe his knees wouldn't be quaking so much.
But hearing that from Rogue helps a lot, all the same. He looks towards her with a serious expression at first, but then a slight, sincere smile breaks through the fuzz at her, promising. He feels at least a little braver.]
Thanks, sis. [It's a word he's used less often than he once wanted to, but that's only because of what happened before he came to Luceti. Things had changed a lot since then, but even if he hasn't fully come to terms with what happened to Mystique, he still knows that in the end, Rogue is his sister. She's someone he can count on.]
I think... that I really am gonna do my best. And I'll find time to keep an eye on you, too.
[House 16]
But hearing that from Rogue helps a lot, all the same. He looks towards her with a serious expression at first, but then a slight, sincere smile breaks through the fuzz at her, promising. He feels at least a little braver.]
Thanks, sis. [It's a word he's used less often than he once wanted to, but that's only because of what happened before he came to Luceti. Things had changed a lot since then, but even if he hasn't fully come to terms with what happened to Mystique, he still knows that in the end, Rogue is his sister. She's someone he can count on.]
I think... that I really am gonna do my best. And I'll find time to keep an eye on you, too.