"That's fine, we can both wait until tomorrow," Erin said with a smile for him.  "Besides, you should concentrate on recovering first and foremost, rather than trying to teach us.  But if you're sure you feel up to it, tomorrow's soon enough to start.  Janessa works a lot at night, and I work some during the day, but there's plenty of time when we're both here together, and awake at the same time, so that shouldn't be a problem."<br/><br/>She started in on her own food, feeling suddenly sad when he said he'd be leaving as soon as he was through teaching them.  It was only to be expected, of course, and not like he could simply stay with them indefinitely, but the thought that one day soon he wouldn't be around saddened her, though she couldn't say exactly why.  Maybe it was the fear and loneliness she'd caught in him when he'd been too ill to shield his dreams properly, and the thought that he'd leave them to be lonely all over again, with no one to keep him company or to share his thoughts with.  "We won't keep you, whenever you feel you have to leave, though at the same time we're not about to hurry you away either," she said, trying to sound cheerful, but the sound of the words fell flat, at least to her.  "And naturally we're thankful for the shielding lessons, but you don't have to teach us just to say thank you for helping.  We'd have done the same for anyone who was hurt, and not expect anything out of it," she said gently, leaving the discussion there, not wanting him to feel awkward, but wanting him to know that neither of them expected any sort of favors for their work.