"Do you think it's likely someone else would be willing to teach us non-clerical magic?"

"Once we've made contact, definitely - the wizard colleges will take anyone who can pass an intelligence test, if they can pay."

She nods. "A long term prospect, then." And, with another smile: "I expect Tobirama would be delighted to attend one."

"I'm sure he would. It's really too bad that he and Ertan don't have a language in common, he could learn a lot from what he's doing."

She smiles wider. "I think it'd benefit my brother-in-law to wait a short while, anyways."

"Mmhmm. Hopefully it won't be too long."

She nods, humming sympathetically. "Your friend is stressed about all this, isn't he?"

"He is," he nods. "...wait, you're the... oh no." He blushes beet red, ducking his head.

She starts snickering. 

"...I hadn't realized... I would have never..." He's barely not breaking into giggles himself. "My apologies, ma'am."

"It's no problem," she says, between giggles. "I like - well, not seeing, but feeling him happy."

"That's good." He's still blushing. "I suppose I should... ask...?"

"I can choose to stop paying attention to an area or a person, and am usually not paying that much attention to any given person, anyways. Hashirama knows how to signal to me to - metaphorically look away. Though I'm fairly good at noticing that myself."

"All right. I don't - mind, actually," his blush deepens, "- but I wouldn't want to make you uncomfortable."

She smiles. "I'm not uncomfortable at all. My sensory abilities are unusual in scale but not nature, on my home island - I grew up with different privacy assumptions and all."

"As you like, then," he grins.

Sly smile. "Oh, I'm not usually one to do things I dislike."

His smile is conspiratorial, in return: "Good, I hope to satisfy." He takes a sip of his tea, leaving his hand on the table afterward.

She casually rests hers over his. "You do seem to have a rather fine record so far."

"I'll just have to keep it up, then." He gently runs his thumb along the side of her hand.

She smiles. "Anyways, where was I - ah, yes. Privacy where I'm from - it's rather odd, you know, when everyone can feel each other moving around. Of course you can learn to hide your emotions, but you can't really make it so people can't see you at all."

"That must really be something. I've never heard of anything quite like it - I've been in situations where most people could always find out if they tried, but none where they'd just know."

She nods. "Most people aren't paying that much attention, is the default assumption - mostly we just have a strong culture of not giving away what we were paying attention to. Give someone plausible deniability, especially teenagers who are stretching their wings, so to speak."

"That sounds like it strikes a good balance."

The conversation meanders over various cultural facets, and then after a lull: "I've been wanting to ask, do you have any advice on letting people know that I'm available to do magic?"

She hums. "It depends in part on which services you want to offer..."