[The look Nariko gives her suggests that the topic might be a work in progress for a long time, and that's before realizing what Les' magic use would do, and the attention it would draw. It's one thing to train a witch in more standard forms of combat but magic was ... Weird, and while she wouldn't underestimate the other woman, Nariko did tend to overestimate her own sense of control. Just because she could heal any conceivable wound Les might suffer didn't mean they should just go full-on ham with it.
It's easier and safer to move on to the answer to her question.]
Do you think that was the right way to go about it? Not knowing about it until you were older.
[The question comes with an unspoken caveat, it pokes closer and closer to the guts of the other woman, she doesn't have to answer if she doesn't want to! But Les is the first person whose experience has actually mattered to, as far as Nariko is concerned.]
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It's easier and safer to move on to the answer to her question.]
Do you think that was the right way to go about it? Not knowing about it until you were older.
[The question comes with an unspoken caveat, it pokes closer and closer to the guts of the other woman, she doesn't have to answer if she doesn't want to! But Les is the first person whose experience has actually mattered to, as far as Nariko is concerned.]