He hugged her back, though his heart sank at her answer and her question.

"Kon..." How could her tell her this? He decided to take it from the top. "Kon lost his powers to, we both did." So, no, Sofia, you aren't the only powerless mutant in the group.

"We ended up landing right in the middle of a hotzone when the City turned into World War II and we... we tried to get out of there," and they almost made it, despite Kon getting injured, but... "But there was an explosion, a mortal shell that landed practically on top of us. And..."

And he couldn't look her in the eyes right now, his gaze downcast.

"It landed closer to him than it did to me. He...

"He didn't make it. I'm sorry."