The look on his son's face told Erik that there was no need to soften the blow, Pietro realized what must be coming (and anyway he wouldn't deny himself the perverse pleasure of delivering the news bluntly). "Your wife is dead," he said simply, meeting Pietro's gaze coolly. He continued in an even tone, offering the facts coldly to lend them the weight of truth. "We located the remnants of humanity, struggling to survive on a failing space station. There weren't many left, those who could flee already had, those who remained were near starvation. A faction of the Friends of Humanity took advantage of the distress to kill mutants. Wicked was among those murdered."