Manuel & Nathan - Early wednesday morning

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Nathan makes a failed attempt at teaching Manuel meditation. They have a very unpleasant discussion about Laurie.

( the tone came across as more than slightly warning )

Keep The Faith: Wreckage

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When you need transportation, and fast, you'll grasp at the best possible candidate. Even if it's someone you'd rather not ask for a favor.

( This isn't a social call. )

As Cyclops, Phoenix and Blink assess the situation at the crash site, it becomes obvious that this was more than a simple mechanical problem.

( If there's anyone out there in my range, they're not conscious. )

Keep The Faith: Flashbacks and Awakenings

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The story of the missing X-Men begins to unfold.

( 'I wouldn't mind dying in a plane crash. It'd be a good way to go.' ~Jim Morrison )

( 'If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, do we not revenge?' ~William Shakespeare )

Keep The Faith: Memory and Realization

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The other X-Men begin to realize the gravity of their situation

( 'A marriage without conflict is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises' ~Andre Maurois )

( 'Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.' ~Khalil Gibran )

Laurie & Jay, Jay & Kevin, | Wednesday evening

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Laurie wants to ask Jay something personal but he won't let her until he gets to ask a revealing question of his own.

( Who's tha strawberry yer wantin' ta be dippin' in chocolate? )

Having left Laurie, Jay goes in search of Kevin. Walls are punched, arguments are settled the same way they always are and revelations are made. Bad habits are hard to break.

( Not until the hand climbed up his back and for a brief but panicked second he thought he might be dissolving away. )

Kevin & Laurie | Wednesday night

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On his way back from the medlab to get his hand fixed Kevin finally runs into Laurie. It doesn't exactly go well.

( Is it my fault you're so repressed you think someone knowing what you eat for breakfast in the morning is personal? )

Keep The Faith: Making Contact

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Alone for a moment, the X-Men manage to communicate.

( 'In prison, those things withheld from and denied to the prisoner become precisely what he wants most of all.' ~Eldridge Cleaver )