Or perhaps he ignores the darkness because he clings to the past. [ That's her better assumption about the situation, or perhaps it was the more negative view of it. ]

Piotr is not here. [ A part of her was disappointed by that, though she didn't really want to admit how much she missed her brother. Besides that she had things that she wished to ask him. ] From what I recall he used to paint portraits of our teammates. I have heard he painted one of them nude. [ That'd been quite the story and stories always got around the X-Men. They loved gossip. ]