[He cracks a wry grin at that, then stops distracting himself with her pretty bell jars and gets started on his totems... not that that'll keep him from making small talk altogether.]

What's your specialisation, from one death mage to the other? I've mainly been focusing on exorcising ghosts.

[He assumes that she may be more inclined to working with dead bodies rather than dead souls, given her background, but you never know!]

I'm Hijikata, by the way.