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Amanda took a seat beside him, biting her lip anxiously. "We'll fix it," she said, a little more gently than before. "I'll fix it. I'll find a way, I promise." "Don't promise." He said quietly. "This was going to happen one day. Like he said, it doesn't even need the Hell Lord or Thor's fucking hammer. One day I'm going to put on the leathers or the badge and not make it home. That I came to terms with a long time ago." He sighed, letting his head hang for a minute. "If I was willing to do anything else, I wouldn't be here. I'd be in the South Seas with Adrienne or home in Toronto. But I'm not." He took a deep breath. "So no matter what happens, I need you to promise me that you won't tell anyone about last part. Tell them I'm magically broken. Tell them I've got this... what, chaos aura? Chaos aura, fuck, that has to be the stupidest sounding side condition in history. But you will not tell them that not using my powers is a way to prolong my life." "Wait... you're going to stay? With the X-Men?" Amanda blinked, nonplussed. "Garrison, for fuck's sake, if anyone had a good reason to chuck it in and go and do what they wanted to do, it's you. Go to Adrienne. Take her to the fucking South Seas. Get some fucking peace and happiness before this kills you. You deserve it." "All this time you've known me and you still don't get it. If that was something I could do, I'd have done it a year ago." Kane said, making her lean back a bit. "This is who I am, Amanda. If I died tomorrow at the hands of the Brotherhood or some criminal doing what I do, I'd have zero regrets. But if people know about that fact, they'll take it away. With the best of intentions and thinking it is for my own good, but they will. Or do their best to isolate me so I'm no use to anyone. And if that happens, you might as well put me out of my misery now." "But..." You're dying. The tears she'd held back in Kamar-Taj threatened to squeeze themselves out from under her eyelids. "Bloody hellfire, Gar. I know. I know." She took a deep breath through her nose, trying to push back the wave of emotions. This wasn't about her. "Fine. I won't tell them the whole truth. Except for Angie. You know she'll know something's up and I already lied to her enough with the Olivier thing." "Alright, but no one else. I don't want to have to justify myself every time I suit up or go to work. " He said and finally straightened up. "Alright, I'm going to handle this news in a responsible manner by going and getting shatteringly drunk." "Oh, hell yes." |
