Very well, then. Time to gather up his discarded layers of clothing.

"Any time thou'dst like another lesson, thou hast only to ask. I'd be glad to. And glad to learn from thee thine own techniques, if thou'dst teach."

Okay, he doesn't really expect to be needing skills of armor and longsword any time soon, or possibly ever. But, well -- it's something to do, and it never hurts to broaden one's skillset. And unlike the devastating weaponry of the future, the very fact that it's outdated and unlikely to be of immediate use is sort of appealing; it's something to learn to a pragmatic end, but that end is more keeping in good trim and also talking to Harry Percy about republican philosophy than learning how best to kill people of the future.

"Thou'rt quick to learn this -- I know thou knowst it, but it's so."