"Barely," Andreas said to Saint. And it was apparent from Koda's actions, even in the past five minutes, that he would need a lot of training. Most obviously, he'd have to teach the boy to read. Or perhaps he would have Asalia do that, if he didn't have the patience. Although, he was a far better reader than she, being raised to be a servant where orders would almost always be verbal. Mathematics, History, Literature; Asalia could help get him started, at least, but he would probably be required for the more advanced lessons. The way he saw it, Asalia was intelligent, and that was really all he needed of her. What she knew of the higher learnings was sufficient as it was. But he wouldn't have his pet be ignorant.<br/><br/>"When you're ready," he said to his friend, his tone sounding like he would like the wolf to round up his quarry quickly. "I was hoping to punish them in the yard, and I'd rather get to it before the sun gets to high."