Rogue's hands stilled their near-frantic motions and she looked up at him with wide, uncertain eyes. Was he seriously saying what she thought he was saying? It wasn't an outright offer, but it was pretty damn well implied.

"You're right," she agreed, straightening up a little, putting forth as strong a front as she could manage. "But it could be a long and painful process, with high risk. I couldn't ask that of anyone unless they really understood what they were getting into."

She could kill him. Something could go wrong, she could hold on a second too long or pull too hard and that would be it. "I can't just learn to turn it off, I have to be able to turn it back on again." How strange to be saying it, when for so long all she'd wanted was to switch off her power for good.