[ She falls silent a moment, because he -was- right on that point. If Zeref continued to be a d-ck to everyone and....and his own brother... who knows what would happen. She'd wondered about the bandage he didn't have anymore, but she didn't let go of him. She was holding him like she was afraid he'd do something stupid, or he'd leave her again. Well. If he did, she wouldn't really be able to stop him. ]

Idiot... [ Funny how she could say that word so many different ways. She tightened her arms around him anyway. ]

Of course you didn't see any other way ... you were on your own. You have all of Fairy Tail, and Master Mavis. We could have thought of something. None of us want to see you die. We don't want to win that way. We'll find another way.

[ Hope. It's selfish of her, but she hopes that most of all, because she doesn't want to lose another person she loves. ]