Uterus Dinosaur is very pleased. He has not tried to stomp on any jeeps or eat any goats since reading this.

I'm soooooo sooooo happy you were okay with my comments & worked them in where you felt they were needed. Glad to be of any help. Kind of selfish on my part since I want to gobble this story up. That may be Uterus Dino talking.

"Marie ran her fingers over the top of the closest, stirring the scent of voices in her head that wanted to talk about cabins and raw animal flesh and how a tree sounded when it dropped it's weight to the Earth. Marie felt the corners of her lips rise, crinkle unaccustomed flesh." I perked up at this. Maybe you're secretly unleashing the little bits of primitive feral goodness in all of us.

"A petal-soft palm stroking silky wood, the unique swirl set in her fingertips catching on the pine's grains, creating music for Logan's straining ears like the friction between grasshopper legs, like a rosined bow on a cello." I could actually picture him sitting on his bed, eyes closed, ears cocked, listening to her. I don't know how you do it - & believe me, when I went over this I tried cracking your code, but I still don't know how you're able to turn words into something very visual.

I'd put quotes about the ending, but I'd end up copy/pasting the whole damn thing. Like I said, I love how you approached the Smex-Lite - and that you went with the Lite version instead of the calorie heavy Full Brew Smut. Anything carnal wouldn't have felt right or true to the story or the development of the characters. So, putting the possibility - one day - spin on it was a very smart choice. And just the way it was written was the absolute perfect mix of tender and thrilling.

I didn't get to this in the email - just remembering it now, but I don't think Logan has gone soft here. He's always played it reserved with Marie throughout this & I think it holds true here. Like you said, "he knows what he's doing." He knows how to - seduce? which isn't the right word I want to use - but do it keeping her history & subsequent needs in mind. It's calculating in a way, not soft.

Sad to have this end, but I'm excited for all of the possible new bunnies that will spring up around your home ;)

i love that you're serenading your dog to that song.

Author's Response: I love your uterus dinosaur! (...Can honestly, without a doubt or hesitation, say that I have never said that to anyone in my entire life before. Three cheers for firsties!) This review made me cross my arms over my chest and fall backwards in a euphoria, hammer my heels against the floor like the happiest epileptic seizure ever. Thank you. I'm so glad you liked it....and that you picked up on the kitten-thing this time. ;~D

I think you came up with the perfect ending to this story. Possibly the only way it could end and feel true. Any attempt to have them fall into bed and magically be able to forget past damage would have left a bitter, false note.

Author's Response: Oh my god. This meant more to me than I could even attempt to describe--it's exactly what I was worrying/hoping to accomplish. Thank you, thank you, thank you. >hugs tightly<

Wow, what an amazing chapter! Loved seeing Marie realize how important Logan is to her and her attraction to him. God, I felt so bad for Logan--struggling to control himself and pain he felt when she told him to stop and he had to let go.

I hope this is not the end, that you will at least write an epologue (hopefully a lengthy one too). Please don't leave it here. I hope that they can work things out and find some happiness together.

BTW, your writing is fantastic! So descriptive and vivid that it's very poetic. I hope you add another chapter and I also look forward to your next story.

Author's Response: I'm so sorry this took so long to answer--site neglected to send me the usual alert, but I was happy beyond happy to see this. Thank you; you've made a crappy day much brighter. I am working on the epilogue now; it won't be long but it should tie up a few loose ends. Should have it up by next Sunday, if not sooner.

I know you love lines so here’s a few to start.....‘sections she had previously skipped with a rare, silent anger and the desire to insist, aloud, "No. That's not how it happens." She read these, and tried to understand.’ There’s so much sadness in this line, sadness for what has happened and for not understanding what is happening. How the former has seemingly ruined any chance of the latter.

‘raindrops racing their siblings on every window’ this one just because it gave such great visuals.

"If it will make him stay.", she sought for her nerve but found it shivering in a corner.’
‘when this was over she would go up to Logan's room. He was waiting for her, and she would be safe there.’ Absolutely love the contrast and the transition in Marie’s thinking that happens from the first line to the second. Both completely heart-breaking in their own way.

‘She smelled of fear, of vomit, of pain, of peaches and vanilla and ocean and of things dying and dead and his.’ This one because it surprised me! the list was long enough that the end,[ the *his*] was unexpected but unbelievably right.

This chapter had so much happening, so many details. A more in-depth, complex read than the others. Nicely linked to the statue although I’m hoping that the story we know from that point is not where you’re going as I can’t see either of the characters you’ve built fitting in with that. Looking forward to the epi. Well done x

Author's Response: It is completely, disgustingly shameful how much I love quotes. This? This will have me bouncing off the walls for hours. Thank you, Litlen. I'm glad you enjoyed it. (And no, this will not continue along the rails of X1.)

YAY!! I was so happy when I saw this story was again in the listings -- had to go through some of the chapters as a re-cap though... memories not the best thing.

Probably my fav paragraph was this part:
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Atop the torch, wind and those blades of metal whipping around her in unnamed colors that lived at the far end of the spectrum.

When the pain obliterated every other thought, the girl found herself thinking, musing, that when this was over she would go up to Logan's room. He was waiting for her, and she would be safe there.
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But yeah, can't wait for the next chapter, even if it means it'll be the last chapter. Hope you write another fic after this one though :)

-- Wolf

Author's Response: Oh, mess. Thank you! I bounced in my seat (seriously irritating the cat on my lap) when I read this). Working on the epilogue now; will try to have it up as soon as possible. >hugs tightly<

I am not happy to see this end. And not only b/c I am attached to the tale -- but b/c the Rogan relationship is going to go thru some seriously messy changes after this -- and with the brokenness and ineffectual people skills of both parties, it's probably going to be a slow evolution in fits and starts. I'd really hate to see all that glossed over in a little epilogue. It wouldn't do all of this previous effort justice! Why end this where the movie ended? This story is NOT LIKE the movie -- not at ALL -- and so it doesn't feel appropriate to place an artificial-type ending here! CAn't you give it another chap or two to flesh out how those two will DEAL with all this new crap dumped on them?

The things Jubilee thinks ... I truly did not expect that, even of her! --and especially I didn't expect Marie to draw such a conclusion from her comments, that she should offer herself to Logan! You surprised me again and again with the way this all turned out (certainly not unpleasantly so).

The X1 scene rewrites were well-performed. I know (from seeing so many others fail at the attempt) how hard it is to keep faithful to the tone of your own writing while you're incorporating someone else's script. But you succeeded by not copying TOO MANY lines, and keeping the perspective tightly on your girl.

I like that you NEVER say the girl's name, whether Rogue or Marie, until Logan breathes it like a prayer to her dead body on the torch. I had begun to wonder if you were going to give her a different name!

This is one of the best fictions I've ever read. So realistic. I felt like I was reading a novel and thank you very much for writing it.

Author's Response: Aawwwwww!!!! Thank you, I'm so proud of this--thought about this all day. :~D

Jubes deserves a kick in the ass.

Poor Logan... he can be such a gentleman... don't tell him I said/wrote that ;)

(Please don't freak out by this review)

First of all, I squealed like a little girl (i'm 20 though) when I saw the new chapter was up.

Then I read it. Then I fell in love with you. All over again.
So... I love you.
I have a girl-crush on you. Is that weird? It certainly isn't weird for me, because.... well... why wouldn't I fall for someone like you? You amaze me every single time you put up a new chapter. You almost attack me with all these surprises that I hit the ground so hard I pass out! Just as I think (and secretly hope) that everything's gonna be OK, you complicate things! You annoy me by your over complicated changes and twists. You're so annoying. And so annoyingly good at writing! Ugh!! I hate you. But I also love you.

I don't know how I feel about this fic. I used to love it. I think I still do. But its sad to know that this will end soon. So I'm confused, because a part of me wants you to update so I get all the answers I want, like "will everything be ok? will Marie know how much Logan likes her? will Marie ever be comfortable with *those* kinda activities?"
Then, there's the other part of me who doesn't want you to update for a long time.. cause then I can enjoy this for a lil longer.

Nonetheless, this was an amazing chapter. I love how you're portrayed Logan in this one. That its not easy for him to stop doing what he's doing; you've made him look so human - despite the fact that he's anything but that. I mean, even though he's so buff and strong and stubborn and confident, around Marie he's so not all that.. he's so human. And the fact that the girl is still afraid of those kinda touches etc. is so realistic. I can't imagine a better way to have described that.

Now back to my girl-crush.. I don't even know you, but I'm so proud of you. I'm so damn happy that I got to experience your stories - particularly this one. You, ma'am, are a VERY talented writer. Have you considered publishing works outside fanfics? Cause if you do, I'm 99% sure that you'll do a great job!

To answer your question, YES; it was worth waiting :) oh and did I mention that I love you? hahaha :D

Author's Response: Freaked out? I am incandescently happy. Completely understand what you mean, though I'm skeptical that my writing could honestly produce that response--it's how I always feel toward reviews and reviewers as spectacular as this and you. I'll be rereading this for the next decade or so (more or less). Thank you, a thousand times and fifty or so more after that.

Aaaaaaah, amazing! I hope we won't have to wait long to find out what happens next! :D

Author's Response: Aaaaaah, thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :~D

yes, his fist could indeed move faster than Scott's hand to his visor, and that Jean possessed a shockingly vast vocabulary of obscenities.

This made me laugh hysterically. Well played!

What he wanted now, to hear her organs shift and gurgle and pump, to feel her move, breath, made all other pain that had ever touched his body or his mind nothing, as if they were erased from his body's memory to fit this new colossal agony. All previous desires were gifts, now offered to replace the rejection of this one.

Oh... just... wow. This is amazing. Really this entire story has been amazing. I'm sad it's nearly over; you're still planning an epilogue, right? (Which will feature Sahara's kittens and daffodils, no doubt.)

The not-actually-smut scene worked amazingly well, BTW. I just couldn't have seen her going through with it after the trauma she'd suffered.

Thank you so much for writing.

Author's Response: I am quite partial to kittens and various floral matter, but am currently on the fence about the epilogue. Please forgive me. This wonderful review made me bounce in my seat, dance on the way to get a glass of milk from the kitchen. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Ah, I too have recently discovered Hyperbole and am too addicted, she brings up some good points about spiders.

I can honestly say the only reason I was able to stop myself from posting and demanding to know why you had us waiting so long for an update was because I was sad to see this story end but you have not disappointed as usual.

I have said this before but your writing is so detailed and vivid that I tend to not realize that Im reading not watching this story unfold.

I have really enjoyed this story and cannot wait to read your next contribution to this fandom.

Author's Response: Ohhhh my god, I know, right? Have you read her Nativity Re-enactment?Her writing just has that quality, where you're just *devouring* every word and, like a greedy parasite, only hungry for more. Had a bit of a meltdown when I reached the last of her posts.....>clears throat<....ANYWAY. Thank you, thank you. It is physically impossible to express how your words made me feel. >hugs super tight<