And there was another piece of motivation to somehow get hold of her powers. He sure as hell didn't deserve this, and he was right to be wary about even trying to fix what she'd done by taking his energy back. It was frustrating, but he had a valid point.

Rogue tried to push past that frustration and focused on her reading. It was a slow process, trying to learn the characters enough to recognize them and then piece together the words, but the symbols that represented whole words themselves were easier to distinguish. It was rewarding when she'd finally worked her way through an entire page of text and actually come away with a vague understanding of the content. Despite that small accomplishment, she'd be more than ready to take a break for some sparring when he returned.