"If you repeat things a lot it can help you remember. It's like most of what I was taught by Master Xing, we went over things until I knew them, plain and simple. Other stuff, like flying, is sort of... Muscle memory. You know, like riding a bike, you never forget." A quick look at Shu and Takeshi was reminded that phrase was probably well beyond his brother. Darn, and that was pretty much the only clever one he knew too. "If you want to learn how to make a fire then I can teach you. It's really easy, especially if we cheat and use Ki. Even without it though it's quick and simple." There wasn't a whole lot of reason to teach Shu how to prepare a fire anymore. They didn't really spend a lot of time out in the wilderness and he wasn't living in the jungle, so there was no reason there to know how to do it. They didn't have a fireplace at his house, so it would kind of be a waste. In perhaps the mother of all transitions Takeshi went from talking about food with Shu to his opinion on Yumi and Choi. Shrugging his shoulders at Shu's rebuttal the older boy placed his hands in his lap, looking down at them with a frown. "Yeah, they're happy, but they're never around for us anymore. I mean Choi I don't really care about, but we've seen Yumi all of... Twice since getting on here? And that was what, to eat? And then once or twice on Earth. We used to hang around with her all the time and now she's doing something else, doesn't that bother you at all?" Maybe it was a little selfish, but Takeshi wanted his friends around. "I don't know what Kai has been doing either... Maybe we should find him."

Vegeta smiled thoughtfully at Viral, quite enjoying his rebuttals more than he probably should. "You've really thought mauling me over haven't you? I don't know if I should be surprised or worried." He knew after all the threats were purely out of frustration, Viral wouldn't do anything to him. He also knew should anything ever happen to himself the Beastman would lay on him heavily in the same way he was now. "Stabbing you in the head would not only ruin everything we're working towards, but it would mean possibly killing a friend. I'm not capable of that, no matter what my bout of anger might have suggested. You should know that." Save perhaps for their newest addition there wasn't a single person on this ship who in good conscience could 'put Viral out of his misery.' If he wanted that for himself then unfortunately he'd have to go without, because no one would give him that. "If you want to find out how you'd do in a battle we can always look for someone? I'd fight again but we already had our go of it, and it might as well be against someone different. That is provided you're willing to try fighting."