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Feb. 2nd, 2008 10:19 pmHe hurt himself to save her. That's all X can think. It doesn't matter that she was healing, it doesn't matter that he didn't need to, he did.
It was not the first time, either. When she was frozen by Miss Frost during the training exercises, he stepped in to keep her from being harmed.
This has never been something people do.
X-23 does not understand.
And so she crouches on a chair by Julian's bed, studying his sleeping face, attempting to understand what all of this means.
What any of this means.
But when he stirs, murmuring Sofia before turning over and falling more thoroughly asleep, she slips out the door.
That one word hurts more than a bullet.
And still X does not understand.
It was not the first time, either. When she was frozen by Miss Frost during the training exercises, he stepped in to keep her from being harmed.
This has never been something people do.
X-23 does not understand.
And so she crouches on a chair by Julian's bed, studying his sleeping face, attempting to understand what all of this means.
What any of this means.
But when he stirs, murmuring Sofia before turning over and falling more thoroughly asleep, she slips out the door.
That one word hurts more than a bullet.
And still X does not understand.
