His eyebrows flick upwards slightly as he catches on the unfamiliar word, but context can get him the gist of it. Maybe it shouldn't be too much of a surprise, given the general look of him, but Kiriya has learned very quickly not to make those kind of assumptions around here.

But he just hums thoughtfully, absently keeping them on the straight path without comment. "So you, what, could feel the emotions of your patients?" Yeah, that would probably suck. Yet another reason why Kiriya's chosen career path is superior. Except for all the times it isn't.

"I did mean teaching other people, yeah."