"He did?" Lucy almost stops walking from the surprise. She hadn't expected to hear that, but she smiles gently at the thought.

But that had to have taken a lot of money, paying for her monthly rent and taking care of his own needs. "How was he?" She assumed Natsu was with her when she went to see him because A) They were always together, just about, and B) well, she wouldn't let such a gesture go by without at least visiting and thanking her dad. Besides it had been seven years - and she knew he was a terrible workaholic.