[ Its neither a refusal nor a commitment - it would be stupid to refuse the tutelage of someone who actually does know how to do it, considering it hasn't yet been made clear to him how many other sets of clothes he'll be able to get his hands on... but he's also the type to only take on new skills when he absolutely needs to. When it becomes directly useful to him to know how to make clothes, then that's when he'll sacrifice time to learn how to do it. For that to happen though, he needs to know— ]
Is this your area of expertise? [ Belatedly, he patches together what she'd said about clothes having such a meaning to others, along with this sudden implication that she has the capacity to teach others. ] Clothing, that is.
i couldn't not say it the opportunity was RIGHT there
[ Its neither a refusal nor a commitment - it would be stupid to refuse the tutelage of someone who actually does know how to do it, considering it hasn't yet been made clear to him how many other sets of clothes he'll be able to get his hands on... but he's also the type to only take on new skills when he absolutely needs to. When it becomes directly useful to him to know how to make clothes, then that's when he'll sacrifice time to learn how to do it. For that to happen though, he needs to know— ]
Is this your area of expertise? [ Belatedly, he patches together what she'd said about clothes having such a meaning to others, along with this sudden implication that she has the capacity to teach others. ] Clothing, that is.