Of course she not only caught onto that, but asked. He wanted to avoid the deeper things connected to it, but he had a gut feeling that if he tried to back out of answering this he'd effect how Jolyne interacted with him from here on out. And not in a positive way.

"Oh, it was just... forgotten about." He explained with a small shrug, as if it was the most simple thing, common to anyone. If he played it off as minor, maybe that would be the end of it. It was tempting to pray that would be the end of it.