"I'll ask them then and introduce you--just so you know who to ask in the future," he explains. Especially since he wasn't a stick-around-your-team type. "If training's more your thing than the peace and quiet, I know someone else who wouldn't mind sparring on this break. She's a soldier too--really good. Not used to the whole taking a break thing either."

Or just doesn't know what to do with one. But maybe he's on the right track with that and Gerome too, speaking lightly, casually, an idle conversation with some purpose. If a person's idea of resting was sparring, he wasn't going to judge.