She smiled, but didn't quite meet his eyes. The magic lessons were going okay, so far, but it was still something she was terribly nervous about.

"...Aqua offered private lessons a while ago. I... decided to ask her if I could do it." Her hand dropped and she hunched her shoulders, hiding behind the canvas again. "I thought... it might be nice to know how to do things, since everyone else has something they can do."

Or something they can protect themselves with.