[ He keeps silent through her exposition, though he already knew that about them, it's still pleasant to know he's not the only one who have that knowledge. ]

Oh, here we go. With this Zashiki, we get an old paintbrush set. We can skip the next three trades and go to the nikusui art student. She said she wanted a new set of brushes, so depending on the condition of these brushes we could pull this off, otherwise - .

[ Though he scratches his head. ]

- it might take a bit of convicing. I can handle that.

[ He thinks. ]