Oh. Oh. Peter had to fight to keep the panic off of his face as he realized his mistake. Maybe he could still salvage this misunderstanding somehow - in fact, he had better be able to if he didn't want Nathan disowning him.

He couldn't just drop the subject without any explanation, though, and he didn't want to lie to Cid if he didn't have to.

"You meant being a pilot? Sorry, I got kind of confused. He was in the Air Force a long time ago - I was just a kid," he started, though this still didn't explain his earlier outburst.

"Do you mind if we just forget about earlier? It's... kind of hard to explain." He wasn't sure if that would be good enough, but it was always worth a try. Maybe if he drilled in the fact that it was a sensitive topic, Cid would leave it.