[b]Shio[/b]

"Okay," Shio responded to the commentary about her flute abilities and the offer to provide an education on the different types of music.. She was unsure if it was a genuine offer or not, but it wouldn't have mattered anyway - as she would have reacted the same in either instance.

"I do not have any of those types of Natrelmon to trade," Shio responded. While it wasn't clear, Shio was very interested in the Velare. It was an intriguing Natrelmon that had a variety of interesting capabilities - abilities Shio felt she could utilize well. 

"It would be a good Natrelmon to provide cover while I am in fighting."

It was Shio's best attempt at conversation yet, adding a bit of commentary to her interest in the Natrelmon. After thinking through what Kasumi had advised her earlier, she was trying to provide avenues for the conversation to go down, items that were slightly more on topic than usual. It had occurred to her that her earlier discussion of lasers might have been slightly off topic and awkward to involve someone in. GIven her assessment of Dom and Chelle Lee, it was highly unlikely they would be able to, let alone be interested in, a conversation on anti-assassination tactics. Without that, Shio had a relatively limited breadth of conversational topics.