Her glass is lifted, studied, her expression rather neutral, then she lowers the glass. She regards him with a very level look, her face smoothed out into an expressionless mask.

"Shinichi, I can not teach you to see the unseen world. That is not your talent. But I can teach you to see the signs thr hidden world makes when it intrudes upon the.. "seen" world. It would not be free. I don't have that choice, to teach it freely. But it would be of help to you. What do you say?"

She inhales on her pipe again, slowly, giving him time to think, and surrounding herself in clouds of scented smoke.