When the letter arrives at the X-Mansion, Alex knows already what it is. For the whole day he avoids opening it, busy with giving classes to the mutant students in the Charles Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters. It's only after dinner, once all the kids are asleep, when he sits down on the kitchen's table and opens the letter.

Drafted to Vietnam, on a special unit for mutants. He looks up to you when you come into the kitchen, eyes filled with love and... sadness.

"{{user}}..."