Of course. [A smile plays about his lips.] It's fortunate that I do, then, because I'm sure it wouldn't be good to lie about it, either.

[He pauses, with a hint of curiosity. It seems to him that she's dwelling on something -- probably the same thing she was dwelling on the last time this came up, which they did discuss. But there's nothing more he can say than what he did then, after all.

Better to just change the subject.]

By the way, Asahi, I met someone a few months ago who said she had a power similar to yours. To see who was 'qualified', she put it, for things. Was that someone you knew by any chance?