He pays attention and feels like he gets the general sense of the gesture. "I see, so it is a sort of greeting. In my homeland a bow is what's used." and he barely uses even that outside of showing respect.

When she mentions the tea his nose crinkles some but he remains mostly unaffected "I will keep that in mind." He didn't judge, but he didn't like the idea of being in an altered state. The tea itself was fine though since it only mildly raised alertness and he wasn't one to guzzle tea so he wasn't likely to have too much.

The Shinobi shakes his head "I have not heard of such a place. I come from the nation of Japan."

A pause "It is... something. For a land with so many problems they seem capable of something very extravagant."