Logan accepted it, "Since I began to remember... an oath left too long broken." he replied simply. The way he looked at Victoria seemed different, like he could see passed the mortal flesh, deeper.

Victoria paused before sitting down beside him, "Alright, how much do you know?" She said bluntly.

"I watched her grow, live and die" he replied, "Nearly three times. She was older when she took me in to her family. I was lost and she gave me purpose. I became her guardian, her samurai. She told me about you, her sisters and promised that if I waited, after she had passed away that she would return. I didn't believe her at first, not until another child with pink hair was born. Then I thought it was just a fluke, a family trait that had been passed on until she came of age and her own memories returned. For once I wasn't alone in my long life, if I just stuck around I would have a friend living eternity with me... it was so perfect" his eyes stared off into the distance, "until I lost myself again."

Victoria took a couple sips of her drink and sighed, "We all lose ourselves but not all of us are able to return once more from the shadows... Our Soul gems are what allow us to return but once we do, we forget... Hope was like that for the longest time. He was so lost and alone... Logan, there's something you should know..."

"Hope..." he paused, "your brother. Ceres didn't talk much about him." he shook his head, "What is it?"

"She was very young when it all happened.. Our first lives I mean... Unlike us, Hope managed to find a body but he doesn't have his soul gem so he can't be reborn... Logan... Horatio is Hope." She said looking him straight in the eye. She knew Logan was trying to be a father figure and perhaps this tinbit of info would help Logan understand why Horatio wasn't all on board with it. "Your son is the reincarnation of our brother Hope."

Logan nearly dropped his drink as he stared at her, "... what?"

"You heard me... " Victoria said softly. "Though he gets the need to be alone and do everything himself from you."

Logan leaned back against the wall, "... I need a stronger drink" he decided after a minute and turned to leave.

"If you drive, I'll buy." She said following him. Victoria wasn't old enough to drink yet. Rules in America were weird, 21 year old >>... But she could always go for an ice tea. She wanted to make sure he'd be ok and if he had any questions she'd be able to answer them as Horatio's memories were still shards of their former selves.

Logan looked back at her, "Deal. Though you know how much it takes to get me wasted, right?"

Victoria nodded, "I am well aware and I knew this would come up sooner or later."

"Also, you should probably drive after" he added as they headed to the garage and Logan instantly went to hijack Scott's car.

Victoria jumped into the passenger seat, "Deal."

They headed for Logan's favourite bar and settled right at the counter while the wolverine ordered up several shots. After about six consecutive ones he took a breath and ran a hand through his hair, "Alright.... alright... so... my son... is yer brother... I always wondered how that worked. Like, do ya take over a person from the start or would there never have been a baby if it weren't you?"

"What happens with us is a bit different than Horatio. When it is time for us to come back, our soul gems disappear from our shrines and into the mother's womb. It then grows with the fetus until it returns to its normal size... Probably another reason why we can never remember our pasts right away.

But from what I got from Horatio or what he remembers...when we made the deal to save him, his soul wandered throughout the world due to the lack of a soul gem... He found you and your wife and the child your wife was carrying was weak. He wasn't going to make it..." Victoria put a hand on Logan's arm, "Horatio fused with your son so that you would not lose hope, so you would have a son."

"... except he disappeared" Logan stated, "and he took her with him. And he is only my son in body, not mind." he ordered a few more shots, and a whiskey.

Victoria grabbed a hold of his arm and lowered it, preventing him from taking another shot. "Logan, don't you EVER say that Horatio isn't your son 110 percent. Just because we have past lives does not mean we don't look down upon our birth parents. We treasure them just as any child would.

Horatio only started getting him memories back a little while ago, hence he never meant to disappear on you. He was little, he had mutant powers. I don't believe I have to go one in that regards.

Logan, you're very important to him. He's chosen a dark and lonely road and you... You are always there for him. You've archered him, given him somewhere to go no matter what time he's in.

You're the father he deserves unlike his true father who took his vision and killed him for disobeying. Logan, you are and always will be his true father. And it may not seem like it but he's glad to have you around."

He continued to stare at the small glass in his hand for awhile, "... alright... so am I supposed to do then?" he questioned.

"Continue to be his father. Talk to him, encourage him, look out for him even if he pushed away....And in short.. Welcome to the family, Logan." She said holding her hand out for a fist bump.

"..." He returned the fist bump, then finished his shot. "Alright. I'm good." he got up to head for the door and actually staggered a little. He had, after all, many shots of vodka and a bit of whiskey all in a rather short amount of time.

Victoria arose and looked at the bartender, "You debt has been repaid." She said before heading over to help Logan.

The bartender nodded and moved to clean up the numerous glasses while Logan and Victoria headed out of the bar.
"Hey" spoke the short, gruff man, "you ever go hunting? Not for animals though, I like them. But for like... really stupid, evil people who don't deserve to life? Cuz that, that is fun. And there's a lot of them."

"Yes, I have actually... I was Joan of Arc in a previous life, a lot of stupid people back then..."

"No sh**?" He looked at her, "I've been a samurai, a world war 2 medic, an assassin, a weapon... a lot of things that involve killing-except for the medic one... I liked that one... a nice break." he paused, "We should go kill somebody. You and me, family time."