Smasul had taken notice that Anastasia didn't ask him for a race this time, and by then all of his suspicions about her stalling had seemed true. His smile faltered when she spoke about Gerald quickly going through the lessons in as short of a time as possible. He didn't say anything yet, and collected himself just before she asked him what he was planning on doing. He was actually joking a little when he said that he'd be leaving her again, and he didn't actually expect for her to believe that he wasn't. He may have been 'all work and no play' but he was making an effort for her sake.

"I'm not sure. I may watch your lesson since I missed the last one."