How does that work? [ It's an automatic question, fueled by curiosity and a bit of concern. This is her life now, so she would much rather know the rules of the game than just stumble around in the dark. ] Did you leave? Or were you here, but not?

[ There's an intensity to the questions that surprises Rogue herself, and after a second she reins in her suddenly heightened emotions and sheepishly apologizes to Helen. ]

I'm sorry, sugar, I don't mean to pester you like this. It's been a while since I've gotten to have actual conversations with people, I think I might be a little rusty.

[ All she's had in years have been the chats with the psyches in her mind. There are a couple hundred of them in there though, which might explain why the hive mind has yet to really overwhelm her: she's used to having other minds connected to her own. ]