Todd was right, of course. They did all have futures now, and Rogue had played a part in that. For all the times she'd wished that the scientists for finally just let her die, she had only been able to help save them all by surviving that period of suffering.

She gave him a sad if somewhat amused smile. "You should know him better than that," she chided him gently. "The look on his face when I was finally lucid enough to talk with him..." She lifted her eyes to the ceiling and shook her head. "I should never have slept with him. I think it just made it worse for him when I left so suddenly."