[Hijikata takes the offered drink with a thankful nod. He was initially surprised to see a few unfamiliar yet distinctly non-Avalonian-looking faces around the training grounds, but then he remembered that it's the start of the month, which means new arrivals. Perhaps this woman is one of them too, going by her question.]

I'm not from here, so being able to use magic is new to me... or, well, not so new anymore now.

[He's been here for 10 months already, after all (how did time fly so fast?!).]

Did you just arrive? It's a shitty time of the year to get dumped in the bay, isn't it?