Ayami nodded her head in acknowledgement as Matt introduced himself and Aya, taking care to note what Houses they were in as both of them began to talk about their decks. She had figured the conversation would lead here--'all roads lead to Rome' and all that. The Duelist listened carefully as the two conversed, still digging through her bag for her Deck before she heard the words "know very little" come out of Matt's mouth. Aya's reaction more or less mirrored her own--a sense of astonishment that he was even here to begin with was probably the easiest way to describe it.

"You started playing 'very recently' and committed the next few years of your life to the game on a whim?" she followed, trying to understand the young man's train of thought. "You say that your deck is a 'big gamble', but the biggest gamble I see here is trying to jump into this field blind. I certainly hope it works out for you, though... For your sake more than anyone else's, in fact."

While her words were cold, the feelings behind them were honest; it was a long road to learn about the game, so Matt would likely have to work a lot more to catch up. There were likely beginner courses at the school, but she hadn't paid much attention to that since it didn't concern her. Maybe those would be sufficient to bring him up to speed.

"In any case, I play Nekroz. I've only really played Nekroz and nothing else, but I do enough studies on the side to at least understand how most other decks function," she said, finally taking out her Deck from her bag and going through the cards. There did seem to be 40, at the very least, so no emergency searching seemed to be in her future.