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Forgiveness (Cassidy/Mina)
Cassidy kneels at the altar, saying a prayer as he has every year on this day, for the last two years, for the souls of good people who were taken long before their time. He tries to do this early enough so that no one will catch him here, because even now, he feels that he has no right ask God for any favors after all he's done.

"Heavenly Father, please watch over and keep Jake as well. He didn't deserve what happened to him and I swear that I'm trying to be a better man ever single day. I don't know how well I'm doing, but...I'm trying." he says quietly, sighing.

"I think you're doing the best you can, Cassidy, but you're not going to do any better until you learn to let go of the past." Mina Wagner says, walking up silently behind him.

Cassidy's entire body tenses both inside and out. It never gets any easier to look at her, no matter how many years go by. Not because she isn't beautiful; she is. But because she's the sister of the person he killed two years ago. Even if he didn't mean to do it, he was already responsible for the deaths of 3,101 prior to Jake's passing. Even if he could forgive himself for Jake, he could never forgive himself for the rest of them.

"That's not going to happen, Mina. Some people aren't deserving of forgiveness." Cassidy says, standing up and turning to go.

"Cassidy, if the world was really like that, a lot of us wouldn't be here right now." Mina says quietly.

"Why do you even /care/, Mina? You're the /last/ person who should forgive me, so why does it matter to you?" he asks.

Mina's about to answer when their comms go off. The X-Men are needed. Cassidy considers the conversation over at this point.

"Duty calls." he says, and heads toward the locker room, followed by the Blackbird.