She gave an understanding smile. "...Things were pretty hard and Pietro and I growing up," she offered, hoping this would help the boy to divulge the answers she was looking for, "Father...he had a start doing missions for him when we were just teenagers. He was always so hard on us, especially poor Pietro, you musn't mind him. I was father's favourite, I got away with more, but...Pietro got the brunt end of his anger. He got me out of there. I didn't realize how bad it was until I was outside of that environment. He says he's all for mutant rights, but he's got cells under the island. I've seen them. He keeps the dangerous ones down there. Or the ones that defy him. You have to promise me you won't get on his bad side, you have no idea the things he would do to you."