By the time they sat down with their own food, the group had grown by three. Conversation was fairly typical, as though Rogue had never left. They didn't nose into what happened to her, whatever details Todd felt were necessary had been or would be told to them by him.

However, one was about to ask her what she'd be doing on the hive now that they were pretty much set on how to cook, but Todd caught it in the underling's mind and shut him up before he could utter a word.

Rogue need not have any outside help with her anxiety on her "purpose" on board the hive. For now, her full concentration would be on healing her mind and getting her ability under control, and nothing more.

After that, there were many routes she could take, but he suspected she'd likely want to work with the young ones.