[He gets a tiny whiff of... miso? That's not tea... is his brain on the fritz or something? He's been watching carefully anyway, but he still leans slightly to give her a lookover before leaning back.]

Well, you haven't sprouted cat ears yet...

[He's still salty about that one magic math lesson. It's very hard to do math without thumbs.]

Maybe it takes a while to work? Or could be it's a dud... Looks old enough.

[That's a thing right? Losing potency over time.]