His answer was a little discouraging, like he'd lost his enthusiasm. If Tyr ended up keeping his distance, Rita might take that the wrong way, too. She might just end up thinking too hard about everything he said and did, misinterpreting his intent as she had a habit of doing. All she really wanted was for their friendship to go back to normal, as if that curse hadn't made her so acutely aware of emotions she was trying to ignore and deny even existed.

So...she should just keep acting normally, she decided. Then maybe Tyr would resume being excited about their lessons, and they could just keep having fun together like they did before.

Rita tried to sound calm and collected again when she looked straight at him this time. "I haven't really prepared everything," she admitted. But even if she hadn't, she wanted to try at least a little with him today. "We can start with some basics, though...If you want to." She wasn't even really sure why she added the last part.