[Her eyes go wide, and if she hadn't been so genuinely surprised, she might have almost been offended by the mere insinuation.]
What? No! No, of course he didn't. Dad was never abusive. Not even close.
The worst thing he ever did to me was bind my powers for, like, three days. But that doesn't hurt...and I...kind of deserved it, to be honest. Hexed a girl in my class when I was seven because she called me an evil witch.