“Logan, I have been alone all my life. I can take care of myself. I’m not that naïve kid you met twenty years ago. She died in that cell.”

No, she's definitely not anymore. But I think she's right that she's too afraid.
"but if she turned that fear around, directed it to Logan instead of the rest of the world, she could keep going."
In a sick, twisted way, I know exactly what she means. She can fear one thing more and make that most. She survived that. She can deal with everything but that. Yet, interestingly, she still hugged him after the convoy went by. She initiated that hug even. It's becoming clear even to her that it's not truly Logan she fears, but the symbol of what he did to her.

"Every bit of information she had gotten from him had diminished the fear, made her see the man instead of the animal."

Is Wolverine really gone for good then? I see that Logan even remembers everything that happened when he was Wolverine.

"She could have stopped him. She could have if she had bothered to learn how to use the mutation she gained at the Free Zone. One small cold cloud of blue dust, and there would have been left only the adamantium frame of his skeleton, not much good to anything else but to serve maybe as a coat rack."

Wow. He's blaming her for the rape, just as she's blaming him. Unfairly, both side. Nice symmetry. And incredible. This is not standard for your Logan, but this is completely human. And I think it explains how he survived all these years.

But I don't think they really blame each other. I think they fear to blame themselves. And they both have huge fears about themselves they'll have to overcome before they can start over--Marie's mutation and Logan's Wolverine. Oh! I hope they make it.

A part 4 in the series? *crooked grin* Bring it ON, ara!

Author's Response: In the cell line between Logan and Wolverine got distorted. Logan was partly awake and aware of Wolverine's actions. I don't think Wolverine's gone. He's just sulking. In a way Army betrayed him. He was there, partly cooperative, willing to make an honest effort for the cause. Instead of waiting patiently they forced him. That nifty machine finally made him run. Before it was Logan hiding behind him, now Wolverine is hiding behind Logan. Yeah, Logie is a tad more selfish in this one than usually in my fics, but I think he's entitled to it. Part 4 is a must. There's so many unresolved issues floating around, and I can't stuff them all in to this one. There's only so much we can blame only Logan for... ;)

Awww Poor logan. I like that we are seeing what that time in hell did to him. Like someone replied earlier Marie wasn;t the only one raped at that breeding center. Great chapter!

Author's Response: They got both equally hurt. Now they have to get over it, one way or the other.