Rogue couldn't help but laugh at that. "I did the being in charge thing for a while," she said as she feinted back to avoid another strike. "I kinda like not having the pressure. She'll just have to keep you around."

She misjudged a bit of distance in trying to avoid his next move and ended up flat on her back, the breath knocked clean out of her. As she gasped to pull air into her lungs, she managed to sputter out a joking, "For now."