[It isn't that he doesn't have any spiritual power, at least, and that much makes him pause, tilting her head. He has what his bloodline has gifted him with--he just never has learned. And this... well, it may not be an opportunity he wants to miss, knowing how this place works.]

... I would still be interested in seeing your techniques. Though I am not practiced in this, more knowledge is useful.

As for that, the year is Meiji 11. [or 1878, of course]