Rogue remembered their conversation, when she'd found out who Billy was.
"I met her once... the Scarlet Witch, I mean. Before I knew who she was. Before I knew who I was."
But she hadn't known Wanda had been missing. Looking back on it, it makes sense - why he'd only met her once. But...
"We found Mom."
And there's that pang that every adopted child feels, that sort of aching hollow rush inside, of pain, and longing, and confusion and - who am I? - and - why did you go? - that suddenly floods her heart until Rogue blinked it away.
She's Rogue. That's all. That's got to be enough, despite what her psyches shriek.
But the echoes of that pain make her eyes limpid and her tone soft when she responds.]
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Rogue remembered their conversation, when she'd found out who Billy was.
"I met her once... the Scarlet Witch, I mean. Before I knew who she was. Before I knew who I was."
But she hadn't known Wanda had been missing. Looking back on it, it makes sense - why he'd only met her once. But...
"We found Mom."
And there's that pang that every adopted child feels, that sort of aching hollow rush inside, of pain, and longing, and confusion and - who am I? - and - why did you go? - that suddenly floods her heart until Rogue blinked it away.
She's Rogue. That's all. That's got to be enough, despite what her psyches shriek.
But the echoes of that pain make her eyes limpid and her tone soft when she responds.]
Oh wow. That's huge, Billy.