More and more interesting, this story. I feel like I am always squinting my eyes and peering closely to try to read the meaning, to get a whiff of a hint.

Finally, finally merging W&L? Yes, I think it's what he needs. He got himself updated, - fixed. And he's trying something different this time - being a teacher, the father, the general he wasn't to Sam or anyone else, instead of building isolated oases of desert crop. Something they'd build and then abandon. (Btw, loved the image of dessicating/oozing body parts creeping up out of the sand. Because old ghosts come to haunt them at every little toehold, and they move on once more.) Maybe the army, Logan's lasers aren't ends in and of themselves. But I can see him searching. Because I think what he needs to fix is still with Marie and in him. She'll forgive him anything, she'll survive anything, and she drew her line in the sand: she'll stay and love him but she won't kill him. That puts the burden of not-raping/hurting her back on him, where it belongs. It's not her job to make sure she never gets hurt; she ought to be able to trust him. And she has to put the rest in the hands of fate, just like everyone.

And in this chapter, she contradicts herself about that.
“It matters. I want to be able to trust you...."
“Do you trust me?” Logan asked.
“Yes.”
“Do you hate me?”
“Not all of you.”
She lies about the trust thing, then, or she doesn't realize the contradiction. But it's right there, for him to hear. And I'm not sure that she doesn't lie about the 'hate' part; she loves him a lot more.

“Will you hate me more if… If I take him in?”
“No.”
Aw. I think, Logan, you've got to learn to trust yourself. What do you believe in? Because until you know, you're dragging Marie everywhere across the country, bullying her by trying to keep her safe and forcing her to say 'hello' and 'goodbye' whenever you say so. Do you believe in the war, the just fight? Do you believe in your son? Fate? Or just Marie?

Loved the return of the honey. Somehow, that was sweet.

Author's Response: Wow! Here you go again with these wonderful and insightful rewiews! Thank you! :) Getting quite annoyed at few people in FF.net who apparently can't read. Waiting for sequels and begging to update soon when the story is clearly labelled "Complete"... Grr... Uh... Anyway. There's something I have to disagree with you. The trust and hate -thing. She trusts Logan and hates Wolverine, but that doesn't necessarily mean that she couldn't trust to Wolverine. She trusts for him to be there. A constant reminder of something bad that happened, but still part of Logan. She trusts to Wolverine, just differently than she trusts to Logan. With Logan it's all about safety. With Wolverine it's all about survival and fear. Oh, I don't know if I got that out right or if you can understand my explanation. I just woke up and I'm still bit groggy.

Author's Response: She trusts Logan not to hurt her. She trusts Wolverine to hurt her. She knows perfectly well what to expect from both of them, so in a way she can trust to both of them.