"...I'll think about it," he says, carefully neutral. "Lessons and I don't really get along well."

It's a little bit of an understatement, but if Gladio wants to know, he can ask. It's not like Asch is going to offer the details of what's happened to him any time they're vaguely relevant to the situation at hand.

And speaking of hands... Asch's eyes fall on the bestabbened finger. "Want me to fix that? I could use the practice." Before he can't,in a few days' time.