Out of hand would be putting it mildly, regardless of the truth of the situation. The mention of a war, on the other hand, was something else entirely. It was perhaps accurate in potential, but at the moment there certainly wasn't anything outright. Thus, the odds were it was simply something from the other's world and as such not much of a concern.

"I didn't," he answered, apparently unconcerned by the adjustment of Jecht's stance and the lowered gaze that accompanied it.