Hayate noted down Tsume's little rundown of the agents' abilities in ANBU with care. Though vague, it could be useful. Traps, though, that would be Kotetsu, for certain. Weapons, no doubt Ryuichi. No one else he could put names or faces to...except for Tsume and Kuromaru. Well, there was Hatake Kakashi, but only by reputation. Hayate didn't think he'd ever met the man.

And the snarky medic lurking in the basement, he added to the mental list.

"Of course you could," Tsume teased her great black dog. "Maybe you should copy Hayate's kenjutsu. Be interesting to see a canine with a sword."

Hayate tried not to smile, for Kuromaru's sake, but his grin came out anyway, crooked up to the right and wide enough to show the dimple in his right cheek. The mental image of the dog with a sword was very interesting. A little chuckle escaped before he could stop it, as he listened to woman and dog banter.

And then Tsume asked him if he could teach kenjutsu. Hayate paused, momentarily taken aback. He blinked blankly at her before he remembered to smile.

"Teach it to you, Tsume-san?" he asked softly, to be perfectly clear.