Hana grinned, relieved she hadn't scared the girl off. It was one thing to tease Kiba. He was her brother; he couldn't very well escape her long term. Adela, on the other hand, could decide to avoid her. "Good. We'll be out of the village a little more, but I'm also scaling way back on clinic shifts to leave room for training. I just came from discussing it at the hokage's office." She made a face. Hana thought that eventually, she'd be grateful for this course of action, but the prospect of reworking her fighting style and learning new techniques in an element she'd never worked with was a little daunting at the moment.

"We'll still have time to see people, you just might have to drag us away from the training fields."