Rogue had heard the playing cards long before she saw the person who shuffled them. They sounded wrong to her, but she reasoned that folks shuffled their cards differently, and that the lack of kinetic energy manipulation also had something to do with it. One thing's for certain, there's still that certain fluidity to it.

Regardless of it not being exactly the same, she takes comfort in the familiarity of the noise, and it's evident to the keen eye that something is having a positive affect on the mutant. When he speaks, it shakes her from the semi-relaxed state she'd discovered and she glances his way, first at his face, then his hands.

"So long as you keep your slight of hand in check sugah," she drawls, green eyes laden with teasing challenge.