Really. [Flat reply met with an equally flat echo, there, as her clear skepticism is matched with some dryness on Jade's own part. He really isn't sure why that skepticism's even over there to begin with, truth be told; he has to half-wonder if Rita's perhaps ribbing at him in some way, there. (Because yes, he is readily quick to deny it when the concept of him being a teacher comes up in these ways, as utterly incompatible as he finds himself with the idea. It may indeed...be something of a hangup, to be honest.) But look, that's not important here anyway--no, the truly important thing is that they can both at least agree on a prospect of magic experimentation in the very near future, if nothing else...!]

Yes, an open space would certainly be ideal. [Not going to comment on how "I'd like to see more of your fonons" sure is definitely a weird thing to say, and almost certainly near equivalent to some kind of adult euphemism somewhere in Auldrant. No, the vaguely amused smile that settles anew on Jade's features--managing to offset his earlier discomfited reaction to teaching--has nothing at all to do with that, and far more to do with the new topic at hand! ....For the most part, anyway.] A rather tall order, actually, considering the sheer quantity of things found on most every part of this ship...but we ought to be able to work out a spot, perhaps. Hm, getting a feel for the average blast radius between our artes might actually be the first order of business, in order to determine what counts as sufficient space to begin with...

[At least the camping field will turn out to be the perfect place to test out just such a thing, as they'll go on to discover a couple weeks from now...!]