He couldn't grasp it. Wouldn't really accept the words that were spoken. Yes, Padma was pale, but she'd lost blood, of course she'd be pale. She didn't look...dead though. Just asleep.
The question made him look up from her, though, made him focus on the healer. 'Safe?' he asked, not grasping the question, then realising what he meant.
'Uhm, yes,' he answered. 'This wasn't...they weren't. It wasn't meant to be them - or even me.' That didn't mean he wouldn't demand revenge. Lisa Lestrange would pay for what she'd done, that much he knew.