Rogue inclined her head to the queen before following Todd into the arena, giving him a small, grateful smile. "Thank you," she told him softly before reaching up to pull her hair back so it wouldn't get in her way.

She wanted to tease him as she usually might, joke about taking it easy on him since he was so old or the like, but it didn't seem like the time or place for such things with the queen watching. Perhaps once things had been settled a while she could fall back into that old habit, but for now it was better to play things safe.

"Unarmed or otherwise?" she asked in a normal tone, actually looking forward to this and not at all nervous about the queen watching. "Your choice, commander."