DISCLAIMER:
Pryde and Wisdom, Excalibur and the X-men all are trademarks of Marvel Comics. This story is an unauthorized work done purely for my personal enjoyment, and is not intended to infringe on any of their rights in or profits from these characters. But this story is copyright to me.

BRIEF EXPLANATION:
This story is chronologically the first in the "Idylls of the Cat" series (except for flashbacks in other stories), even though it's not the first to be written or posted. I started this soon after Excalibur #92 (Pete vs Pete), and have made no effort to keep this within more recent Marvel continuity. This story represents an attempt to fill in some of the missing scenes not shown by Ellis in #92. And I know I've ignored a lot of things Ellis has done with Pryde and Wisdom since then, not because I don't accept them (I revere Ellis as gospel), but because it would involve too much minor revision.

OUTLINE:

Part 1 Moira

Part 2 Brian and Meggan

Part 3 Kurt and Amanda

Part 4 Intermission, with Storm

Part 5 Lockheed and Colossus

Part 6 Rahne and Douglock

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
I'd like to thank both sevenall and Suzie Campos for much helpful discussion and feedback.

NOTES:
This is one story in a series of loosely-plotted stories entitled "Idylls of the Cat" that are mostly Pryde and Wisdom, and the others' reaction to Kitty's new relationship. Most of the stories in the series are not action or adventure, they're mainly sex and/or conversations, like this one. Other stories in the series so far include

• Vigil (Excalibur)
• Pulling their Fat out of the Fire (Excalibur/Hellblazer)
• Time Goes By (Excalibur)
• Bearing Tidings of Joy (Excalibur/Storm)
• You Can't Go Home Again (Excalibur/X-men)
• Close Encounters of the Lethal Kind (Excalibur/X-men/DV8/Hellblazer)
• What God Has Joined Together (Pryde&Wisdom/X-Files)
• All Nice And Gift-Wrapped (Pryde&Wisdom)
• Dark Reflections (Excalibur/Black Air)
• The Shadow of A Starless Night (X-men/Excalibur)
• The Glow of a Starlit Dawn (Pryde&Wisdom)

These stories are all very kindly being archived by Lori McDonald on her webpage at http://web2.spydernet.com/lori/x-men.htm

These stories can also now be found on my own Pryde&Wisdom webpage at http://http://home.att.net/~lubakmetyk/

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