He considers, then wryly says, "... Probably not, I don't have a thing to my name let alone a name of my own, but we can bet in the spirit of it."
And with what she says, he's definitely betting harder. He lets loose a puff of breath.
"Fighting's my expertise. Fighting and survival. If I'm teaching like it's school lessons or like I'm the kid's babysitter then we are going to get absolutely nowhere." But. "...We'll figure it out." He does at least have faith in that.
She laughs a little. Something tells her that she wouldn't be expecting much babysitting out of him. But that's fine.
"I think between the two of us, we can cover a lot." Even if no one else lends a hand--and she doubts that will be the case, but even without that, there's a lot of teaching experience between the two of them. "We'll have them ready for anything in no time."
"Your confidence is inspiring and refreshing," He says, both teasing and earnest at once. It was nice not to have to fight to get someone to work with him.
"Writing a letter to the kid probably wouldn't be a bad place to start, between you and me, finding out exactly what we're working with and need to work on." He laughs, "Then we can compare notes or something." It's a strange concept, the idea that he can just write to some higher power. He thinks again what it might be like if that's how things had worked with him and Ichigo.
"You should get to writing your own letters, then. I've got a head start on you," she teases him back. It's become something of a default state with them. "I don't remember everything that I wrote in my first letter, but I think I can summarize it. I'll keep a copy of everything from here out."
It's not a bad default. It feels comfortable and easy in a way nothing ever really has-- on his side of existence anyway.
"Why am I not surprised," He says to her, laughing. "I'm just going to assume you've already made a friend of the kid and I'll need to clear out for when they come over in, oh, three days time." He honestly wouldn't be surprised if that were the case. "I'll keep notes. That other world left me a phone, believe it or not. I could probably take pictures."
"If I didn't know any better, I'd say you sound jealous~." Not that she's agreeing to inviting the god child over in three days time, but she probably wouldn't be opposed to it. They sound delightful already. But she'll keep that to herself.
"Taking pictures sounds a lot more convenient, though. Do you want to take some of mine as well?"
He snorts. "As if I'd want to buddy up with anybody let alone some kid," He scoffs, rolling his eyes. No thank you to that. The further he got away from everyone else, the better.
"But sure, I could do that," He says. "I left the phone back at... my place, I guess. Figured out how to use it in the old world. Ha! I bet I'm more up with the times than even you are."
She didn't really mean that he's jealous of her attention with Zephyr... more the attention that he thinks Zephyr's garnered from her. But she doesn't bother making that distinction. It was just a joke, either way.
"I know how to use a phone," she protests, though that's probably not specifically what he was talking about. Still, she crosses her arms in a playful mockery of being offended. "If you've managed to figure it out, I'm sure that I can, too."
The distinction likely wouldn't have mattered much. Everyone would prefer to be with literally anyone else but him. Whether he would be jealous or not is irrelevant. It wouldn't change facts... at least, for the time they came to be so. In the moment, Zephyr's not yet uprooted his meager place.
He grins at her crossed arms. "You sure about that? You know how to take a picture with a phone? I could've sworn that wasn't invented for you yet. It might be best you stick with old fashioned spin dial."
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And with what she says, he's definitely betting harder. He lets loose a puff of breath.
"Fighting's my expertise. Fighting and survival. If I'm teaching like it's school lessons or like I'm the kid's babysitter then we are going to get absolutely nowhere." But. "...We'll figure it out." He does at least have faith in that.
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"I think between the two of us, we can cover a lot." Even if no one else lends a hand--and she doubts that will be the case, but even without that, there's a lot of teaching experience between the two of them. "We'll have them ready for anything in no time."
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"Writing a letter to the kid probably wouldn't be a bad place to start, between you and me, finding out exactly what we're working with and need to work on." He laughs, "Then we can compare notes or something." It's a strange concept, the idea that he can just write to some higher power. He thinks again what it might be like if that's how things had worked with him and Ichigo.
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"Why am I not surprised," He says to her, laughing. "I'm just going to assume you've already made a friend of the kid and I'll need to clear out for when they come over in, oh, three days time." He honestly wouldn't be surprised if that were the case. "I'll keep notes. That other world left me a phone, believe it or not. I could probably take pictures."
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"Taking pictures sounds a lot more convenient, though. Do you want to take some of mine as well?"
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"But sure, I could do that," He says. "I left the phone back at... my place, I guess. Figured out how to use it in the old world. Ha! I bet I'm more up with the times than even you are."
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"I know how to use a phone," she protests, though that's probably not specifically what he was talking about. Still, she crosses her arms in a playful mockery of being offended. "If you've managed to figure it out, I'm sure that I can, too."
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He grins at her crossed arms. "You sure about that? You know how to take a picture with a phone? I could've sworn that wasn't invented for you yet. It might be best you stick with old fashioned spin dial."
Perhaps that was cold. Yet he feels no regret.