Was Viral asleep yet? The silence had only gone on for a mere few moments, and tired as the Beastman might be... Could he fall asleep? Aito opened one eye and peered over at the Beastman, somewhat disappointed to see him lying on his front, staring out into the forest. Well he might not be asleep, but was he at the very least at peace? From here it was difficult to read his expression, but the way in which Viral scrunched his shoulders up told him that wasn't the case. Letting out a silent sigh, the doctor rubbed at his face before getting up and giving a small yawn. "You won't attack me out here, and nothing will attack you," Aito said, venturing that Viral was tense for one of those two reasons, "I'm not going to sleep while you rest, I'll be watching your back the entire time. Should you change I can subdue you too, so there's no threat from that. Relax, you're in good hands here." Nothing at all was of threat out here, the locals had assured them as much. Sure, there were predators within the forests, but none were out in this area typically, and even those that were tended to be of the smaller variety. Unless Viral was afraid of something equivocal to a house cat then he'd be fine. Figuring he'd give the Beastman a little extra insurance, Aito rose up into the air and eased his way to a tree nearby, setting down on one branch carefully. "I'll be right up here, out of your reach the whole time," he said, smiling as he waved, "And I'll watch for anything in the area, you're completely safe, as am I. So please, relax."

Clearly sarcasm wasn't something Shu was accustomed to, otherwise he'd have realized that remark was totally made in jest. Resisting the urge to further taunt them, and mostly due to his mother's intervention, he changed his tone and praised their efforts, meaning them sincerely enough. Were they exactly literate? Not by a long shot, but at least they were beginning to grasp the basics, that was good. "Very well, we'll go over the alphabet then for Shu's sake, then we can continue with our lesson," Vegeta decided, flipping the board he'd been using over to a clean side, but not beginning to write yet. Walking over to the bed he peered between the two sheets T'charrl and Shu were using, curious to see how their handwriting was. Either were hardly works of art, and they certainly showed their inexperience, but it was legible. "You're doing well, but you have a ways to go, both of you. Everyone starts at the basics, don't feel disheartened for that." Returning then to the board, Vegeta went about writing down the letters one by one, both uppercase and lowercase. "I'm just writing it all out for you to see them Shu, and I'll say what each one is as we go along," he explained, quickly going through right to the end. Placing down the marker he then stood to the side of the board, pointing to the first letter. "This is 'A'. There are uppercase and lowercase versions of every letter, as you can see here. It makes the 'ay', 'ah' and 'aah' sounds. Look at what you've written and tell me if you recognize any."

Sasha felt a bit daft for attacking Kiton, having gotten excited and forgotten he was injured for a moment. Thankfully she didn't seem to do any real harm, though it was still a call to stop the fighting. After making it abundantly clear she was apologetic, she straightened herself out and gave Kiton his fair praise, rather impressed with how he held up in his current state. "Don't be ridiculous, I appreciate you even agreeing to train with me in the first place. Most of my comrades aren't that powerful, and the ones who are, like Korian or Sayomi, are far too busy working to train with us. So it's nice to get an able partner for a change," she replied, smiling as she rubbed at her bruised side. That tail strike sure had been quick and powerful, and to think he was injured too. "What guy? Who did you train with before now?" Sasha asked in confusion, not at all aware that Kiton had done this before. "And zombie-doctor...? You mean that Saiyan? Aito, I think..." she mused, "He seems like a good man, if strange. He's been helping everyone since he showed up hasn't he? I'm just glad he didn't turn out to be against our cause."