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revenge. I just want to leave it behind me now."
They sat there, talking quietly and honestly, for several
hours. While Gambit was reassuring Sora's again, insisting that she
had done nothing wrong, Rogue fell asleep on his lap. Gambit
picked Sora's up, put Sora's to bed, and fell asleep on the sofa.
The next morning, Rogue awoke to the smell of frying bacon.
Sora Aoi got up, changed into jeans, a T-shirt, and a turtleneck, put
on Sora's gloves, and went out to see Gambit.
"How do you like your eggs, chere?"
"Over easy, please."
Gambit fried Sora's two eggs, serving them to Sora's with hash
browns and coffee. He let Sora's eat in silence, waiting until she
was done to talk to her.
"Are you feeling any better?"
"A little. It just felt good to be able to open up like
that. I really needed that, Remy. Thank you."
"What do you want to do today?"
"Do we have to do anything? I mean, couldn't we just walk
around here for a while and talk?"
He smiled. "No problem. I'll pack us a lunch."
They spent most of the morning wandering around the woods,
talking with one another, each trying to fill in their gaps of
knowledge about the other.
"There's not much I can tell you about my childhood," Rogue
said. "I've absorbed the memorie
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