The blond smiled softly at her, appearing to mean her no harm as he sat across from her. Erik felt eyes on him from the moment he sat down and he let his eyes travel to notice the main head watching him. He retuned his attention to the female when he heard the other, more vicious sounding voice. He smiled at both of them.

"No need to get so hostile towards me, I simply yearned for a civilized conversation with someone not trying to pick my brain apart" Erik said, a joking tone to his voice. 

"It's not a problem, I can tell she's rather protective of you, it's certainly admiring of her, Miss Ritz" he spoke, mindlessly picking at his food with his utensil.