Barrel was taken aback. Did he do something wrong? Sure, Agatha was always watching him, but he didn't think she'd be upset about asking one of her aunts for help. He quickly racked his mind to salvage this. If anything, he at least had Agatha's attention.

...Maybe he could work with that.

Barrel held up his hands in defense.

"I-I never said you weren't!" he said. "I just...didn't think you'd...want to...umm...teach me?"

Aggie quickly stepped in.

"Perhaps we can both assist," she suggested. "True, you're skilled, Agatha, but you still have more to learn yourself. Besides..."

She gave a pointed look to Barrel.

"It wouldn't hurt to have a second set of eyes to keep him out of trouble."

"Trouble?" Barrel asked, innocently. "Who said anything about trouble?"

Aggie crossed her arms and gave him a stern look. Barrel stretched and put his hands behind his head.

"All right, you got me," he said. "But I really [i]do[/i] want to learn!"