"He does. He's determined to do his best, much to the shock of some of his former teachers." Which was entirely true. Kurama had not been around in the early days of knowing Yusuke and Kuwabara, but he'd heard from certain spirit guides about 12/100s and less from the two boys.
These are things she won't need to know, of course, just his own thoughts that at least bring an amused glint to his eyes before he responds again.
"I won't say there's no shock from being in one place at one point and another seemingly moments later, but I've always been calm, so probably adjusting better than some?
"Have you been here long, yourself or are you new as well?"