It's strange. It's strange and probably won't make much sense until you've read it all. Oh, yeah -and don't kill me, okay? This is just kind of an experiment. I've taken certain artistic liberties, mostly because no one knows just how old someone with a healing factor really gets - a century, a millennium...more? I mean, Logan's adamantium skeleton is toxic and he still heals with a phenomenal speed. Imagine the possibilities if he didn't have the metal in him. I also used the cliché that if Marie held on to Logan for long enough, she would develop her own set of bone claws. (Hey! She did in UXM 388! ;-) If any of your have read David Eddings' "Queen of Sorcery" - the part where Polgara contemplates the fate of Vo Wacune - you'll know where I got my inspiration. And what to expect.

/.../ Flashback
'...' Marie's thoughts
_..._ Logan's thoughts