I'm bracing for the pain and I am letting go.
"Ronan." ... "Ronan." Sigh. "Wake up." And he did because she'd willed it. Gael was fully dressed for the day, having attempted to beat her summertime sadness with a little color. Unfortunately, the Irish lass had come crashing down from her rainbow high upon the realization that she had an extra pill. She held up the tiny white thing to the older mutant's face (for the benefit of his dwindling vision) and stared through it with wide eyes into Mars' blue ones.