User blog comment:Omega natsu2/Fairy Tail Zero: Dances with Blades, Review./@comment-4829046-20141023131019/@comment-4489126-20141023155546

Welllll, keep in mind that at the time, the current strongest in Fairy Tail were kids. Erza and Mira are kids right now. Laxus was also a kid, and in his rebel days. So I think going with Gildarts was logical. I don't think a kid would look up to another kid. And he had to find out about FT some way. :P