"Sometimes... yelling wasn't enough. He never put a hoof on Dinky, but... he got close. We argued when he put a hoof through the wall when she was being fussy, and he stormed out. Found out he found another Mare, whose father had some Canterlot connections. I haven't heard from him since, and hadn't seem him... well, until now. That's been... probably a couple years, now. I don't know how well Dinky remembers him, but... I never know how I want to tell her, if she asks." Derpy says softly, voice tinged with betrayal, rubbing one of her legs with a hoof.