"Fine." He would work out later what to do about the question of her coming back, and he didn't intend to let Jabi provoke him into another argument just when she was about to leave, "she won't ask. She has more than enough to concern herself with." He was painfully aware of how Rin would react if she thought that Jabi wasn't coming back, but an absence of a few days or weeks would encourage her to train harder in the hope of impressing Jabi on her return. Even that much was something he considered a distraction from Rin's duties, "A short time away from you is better than nothing."