Japan gives Rogue an early chance to show what she'll do when somebody else is in danger. Most of the X-Men are taken out by poison, and Wolverine has to work with the new teamm…

Japan gives Rogue an early chance to show what she'll do when somebody else is in danger. Most of the X-Men are taken out by poison, and Wolverine has to work with the new teammate he doesn't trust. In Uncanny #173 they go after the people behind the attack. They fight their way through the trouble involving Viper and Silver Samurai, and Rogue puts herself between Mariko and Viper's weapon. She gets badly hurt protecting the woman Logan loves. Afterward, he lets Rogue absorb his healing ability to save her life. There's a lot in that exchange. He knows what happened to Carol. Rogue knows it too, and she doesn't casually treat him as something she can use. He chooses to help because she has just risked her life for Mariko. One fight doesn't erase her past. But Wolverine has seen her make a choice when she could have saved herself instead. He has something to judge her by besides what she did before she joined.