"Okay, will do." He knew he needed to work on his knife skills, but hopefully everything went well and he wouldn't be on any kind of time limit. Knowing the kind of stuff that went on here, though, well... a time limit wasn't such a crazy concept.
"That sounds good. I don't have anywhere to be - I hope I'm not holding you up." Classes were done for the day and his marking load was fairly light, so he was really in no particular hurry to get back to his apartment.