"That happens," she nodded. This felt marginally safer if a little more frustrating. Really, she wanted to sit him down and interrogate him for hours about Loki's life and how he had been treated, but that wouldn't do anyone any good. Long term strategy was far more Loki's style; Rogue preferred to rush in with no holds barred, but she wasn't completely ignorant of the fact that just as Thor could disappear tomorrow, he could also be here for years. This was a grey area where, for Loki's sake, she found herself inclined to ally against him.

But this man had also defended Earth, was on the same team as some of her dear friends, and by most accounts his recent actions put him squarely on the good side. She hadn't been confronted so clearly with the tension of her relationships in a while; Luceti was its own kind of truce. She felt uncertain of what she wanted, and that threw her off.

"Tony's here, and so are Natasha and Steve," she said, naturally listing Tony first. "Pepper's here too, though I don't think you met her. She an' Tony are married now."