wow, this is so freaking hot! You certainly have a way with words! Awesome!

Author's Response: Thank you - I'm glad you are enjoying it :D

OMG is it hot in here or what? More Please!

Author's Response: I've just sent the next chapter to my beta moments ago, but can reliably inform you ... it's worth the wait. Really. ;)

Jaq, great to see you back here!!! Language as beautiful as ever, and a very familiar topic dealt with afresh and unusually honest.
"But how the fuck did you say ... Badly, of course. If you were the Wolverine, you just spat it out and hoped for the best."
At last a Wolverine who has enough introspection not only to realise his want and implications but who also acknowledges his way of dealing with it. Great how, well, 'primitive' his reckoning of her times is, how much it seems to link him and his way of structuring his existence with the dawn of mankind. It gives the character temporal depth - an adroit reminder that primitve and simple are ot the same.
Marie "untutored" - one adjective and we have the whole issue wrapped up: innocence doesn't always connote with sweet, but a tutor has both the authority and the responsibility of a teacher. Quite a potential for power on one side and dependence on the other. Is there another imbalance to counteract it, one between his want and the potential it gives her for manipulation? And will she use this chance at power and turn the whole thing into the kind of hell only humans can create? Will he be able to mitigate his and let a relationship grow despite the imbalances? Ah, I relish a story with great implications!!! :-)

Author's Response: I remember your reviews. They are as good as a gift from the muses themselves. Thank you! On introspection - yes. I get annoyed that sometimes Wolvie is drawn as all action and no brain - this is a tragic figure, who perhaps doesn't allow himself to think, and sometimes refuses to think, but by God - he's a thinker! He wouldn't be tragic otherwise - he'd just be a dumb oaf. But being a feral, his senses can cut through a lot of the guise we put on things, and this story is ALL ABOUT cutting through guise. Finding real. On "untutored" - I haven't tapped into the power aspect of things. The next chapter (3) touches on it, but there's is not a relationship where I see an imbalance of power. (Not in this particular story). Be interested whether or not you agree later. I'm so glad you're enjoying it :D

Yum. And very true to the characters, too. I like Logan's self-censoring of what he actually wants to say, but how he's still honest enough to tell it to Marie straight.

Author's Response: My Logan is almost always a work in progress. There is always an internal battle, he is always growing. Learning to self censor would have been a big thing for him, but he instinctively knows that sometimes it is necessary, and other times, it is dishonest. In this fic, he is being brought face to face with the reality of his relationship with Marie, rather than how they have constructed it to be. I'm so glad you enjoyed it!

OMG you are back...

*after fainting*

You gonna stay and keep writing?

Author's Response: I'm going to try. Sorry to flit in and out every year or so... I tend to get a bit of free time in the (school) holidays to think and ponder, and it tend to lead to fic. And last year I promised myself I would write a novel rather than channel it all into fic. This year might be my last out of the workforce, so I'm going to throw myself at writing with everything I have. Hopefully quite a few fics will result. I've promised a lot of sequels over the years and I really want to write at least one of them; there should be some more new stuff too.

Oooh, loved this! Eagerly awaiting more.

Author's Response: Eagerly writing more - I promise. Thanks for reading!

Wow! I can't wait to read more. :)

Author's Response: Hopefully we won't be too long ... but my beta has a young toddler, and I have a 4yo and a 6yo, currently on school holidays. But it's always motivating to know people out there are waiting for updates. Thanks for reading!

Oh, glory! Who cares where it came from? I'm just glad this delicious morsel is here! And even happier that there will be more...Yes! --Wendie

Author's Response: Thank you Wendie ... I was baffled because I don't often write Rogue quite so young. I'm a mother to girls so ... I try to keep her well and truly adult. This, however, refused to leave me alone and I figured it must have been time to get over myself. Enjoy!

Ohh this has the makings of a nice smutty hot fic! Please, Oh please continue!

Author's Response: I've never left a fic unfinished, I promise! Thanks for reading.

Well I suppose we should give him credit for trying to do the right thing! And credit to Marie for not letting him get away with it! Your descriptions/your wording as usual are brilliant, slightly darker and very much more in depth than most, reading more real/true. Visuals while reading are so clear you can see the scene/faces/expressions etc. ‘untouchable girl writhing on the altar of her hormones.’ Love that line [amongst many others!] am looking forward to Logan’s version of worship :)
Great start, always good to see fics with your name attached.

Author's Response: And the first reviewer gets a TimTam! Thank you for the kind words - I'm always puzzled when people think I do well with the visuals; I often think I tend towards far too much tell and not enough show. But then, I have spent years visualising Logan (in particular :P) in my head so ... maybe its just practice!