[Oh, he's been deemed worthy of interest. Yuan taps his fingers in a quick drumroll of consideration.]

That would depend on what questions you asked. There's a responsibility from the student to the teacher as well.

[It would take someone much younger, and much more oblivious, to miss the implied question. Yuan doesn't say anything at first, though, still at a loss for how to deal with a child. He can't be more than ten or so. And Yuan's are among the hands who have shaped his life, however remotely.]

...I'm sure you've guessed I'm older than I look. It's hard for history to be boring to someone who's lived it, after all.

[It isn't an offer, because he isn't quite sure how to make that offer, but it is... something. An opening, maybe.]