[Perhaps if Maribelle had been able to tell her that it was the ones who had the most to live for, the most bonds with all those around them, the one who would be creating a black hole in the world for everyone around them with their absence, that had the best chance of surviving. Perhaps then she might have been able to tell Rogue that without this there would be no chance for her to survive it, that she would simply fade away. Perhaps because she felt she didn't have as many people to live for that was exactly why she'd feel it wouldn't be so bad a loss.]

Sometimes... yet when there's another way... any other way... perhaps you should take it, so that you can live, so that those who you never knew loved you so don't lose you. Sometimes... sometimes certain sacrifices are too great... and you'll never get to know what could have been because someone never had the courage to speak up when they should have.