[ she leans in a bit to examine the bracelet. honestly, to her it looks like a fine piece of jewelry and nothing more, but she doesn't disbelieve him, either. ]

Interesting. We kind of have something like that at home, for the water stuff; no shields for cities though, or magic 'artes'.

[ she does have something like magic, she supposes, but that's a longwinded explanation she's not interested in showing off. pretend she's human! ]