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"No need to be embarrassed," Eron assured Andarien, "I'm just asking as another teacher. After all, we teachers aren't mind readers, it's always hard to predict how a student would react or even... interpret our actions. We may think what we do is perfectly logical, when to the student it might not be at all."

Though it did tell Eron that Andarien had a hard time reading his own emotions (not a surprise), but more importantly he didn't have the social skills to know when to question what went on around him. Again, this really didn't surprise Eron at all. Eron wasn't a social worker, or a therapist, but if Andarien had been his student, he would have contacted the parents and recommended an assessment.

"You should, I mean listen to your teacher, but also don't be afraid to question your teacher. Questioning helps your understanding far more than just doing what you're told, it means to learn how to fully understand what you're being taught," Eron explained.

He didn't mind if his students had questions as long as they weren't the stupid ones, but he was pretty sure that Andarien wasn't one of those students.

"Sometimes when we are experts in our field, we forget that not everyone thinks the way we do."

That was one of the hardest lessons Eron had to learn as a teacher, was to learn how to bring it down to someone else's level. He would like to think he succeeded most of the time, but he still had lots to learn.

"Hmm... that's a good question," Eron was thoughtful, "Is there something different about Kaito being your teacher compared to other teachers you've had?"

Then again, Eron didn't know if Andarien ever had other teachers other than Kaito.

It was like a light bulb went off in Eron's head. This was more in the range of things he knew. A student who only did as much as they needed to and nothing more. In a normal school system, this was do-able, but the best students were the ones that went above and beyond.

"Do you not like it because you're not good at it, or because it is hard?" the teacher asked out of curiousity.

Sometimes not being good at something was a large deterrent, so you had to acknowledge when they did well, even if it was a small improvement.

Eron had to give Andarien credit, he did think long and hard on it. It wasn't surprising, he was asking Andarien to explain how he was feeling, which he had suspected would be difficult.

"Fair enough, that is a very good reason to want to keep learning," Eron paused and then added Andarien, "I hope you don't mind all my questions."

Eron watched as Andarien headed into the tent and looked very thoughtful. Maybe he should rethink his position on Andarien not asking questions because he wasn't interested in the subject. It just seemed like Andarien couldn't make the leaps of logic that would make him question why Eron was even asking those sorts of questions.

It was also clear that he wasn't quite happy with the questions, but he didn't seem to know enough to tell Eron that he didn't like the questions.

"Then again," Eron murmured to himself, "They do say that most of our social skills are picked up by observation. Unspoken lessons indeed, I wish I had read that book now."

He had heard of it, a mother he once talked to swore that book helped her understand her son on so many levels. However, it was never necessary for him to read the book himself because he never dealt with children that was even remotely like Andarien.

"I should fix that when I get back," Eron murmured, "What if I'm like Kaito and teaching the wrong way without even realizing it."

Speaking of which, since he wasn't tired, he made a beeline for the neko's tent. He wanted to see exactly what Kaito had in mind for Andarien, because he was pretty certain the boy was supposed to ask for something.

"Gah!" Eron fumbled with the ball before matching to grab a hold of it.

At least he didn't drop it, or worse yet, it didn't hit him in the face.

"You're bored?" he asked Kaito.

Sometimes, Eron thought, Kaito and Andarien were two of a kind, even if they were very different people.

"Besides training Andarien," Eron ventured as he carefully tossed the ball back using an under throw.

The kind of throw you'd use with a toddler, but Eron wasn't a sports person outside of running.