"My teacher used to say that experience is the best lesson," Sakari replied, her voice adopting to the lilting tones of a phrase committed to memory. She was fairly certain that the phrase had started as 'experience is the best teacher', but hers had been too proud to keep it that way. "Why did you stop painting if you enjoy it so much?" she added, adopting Shyly Curious Expression #2 to show that she didn't mean it as criticism.
The mirror-practiced-- but surprisingly hard to see through in Sakari's admittedly limited experience-- dropped off to be replaced with honest skepticism. "They seem very friendly for wild animals," she observed. "But I am sure you know them better than me."