Huh. Well it was understandable he'd be preoccupied with what Erza might do to them, and while she did accept his answer as fact Because why would he lie to her? it wasn't enough to distract her from the topic of her father.

"Hopefully she'll be calmer then." But knowing Erza it ..could be a lot like walking into a bear's cave and waking mama bear from her winter nap by kicking the babies.

"..." Seven years, wasn't it? "I wonder what he must have thought." Maybe he'd thought she died.