"What was your nickname?" She asked immediately, perking up in the hopes it was something funny instead of tragic. How terrible would it be if his name was synonymous with 'death' or something equally awful? Though, if Alfred was permitting it to be tattooed permanently onto his body it couldn't have been that awful, could it?

The new position resulted in Jo shifting one of her knees atop his to maintain the closeness. "Teacher?" She then asked with a grin. "What did you teach?"