Hand-to-hand I've been taught to think and move at the same time.

[She moved to sit on the railing, balancing on it. The staff waited at her feet.]

With somethin' like the staff? I don' know it well enough t' think. Just learnin' what the instinct is right now, then I can learn t' think an apply it.

[Which sounds kind of crazy, actually. Without an understanding of her powers, it probably doesn't make any sense. But Rogue isn't really considering that.]