While she wasn't shy around him anymore, he did remember that it wasn't the case with everyone else. He grinned, raising an eyebrow. "Oh, so there is someone? Well, let's have his name. I have to know who to threaten in the future."
He was kidding, of course, but it wouldn't hurt knowing who he would have to beat up if they made her cry. If they couldn't see what was in front of them, they were obviously blind.
Normally, he wouldn't have strayed to such silly topics so quickly, but he wanted to move away from all the troubles going on right then. It wasn't that he was one of those people that simply preferred to live in ignorance. Rather, he wanted to focus on the good rather than the bad. Lucy was sixteen and, while he wasn't much older, he didn't want to panic her.