Yes, when I met your counterpart he was playing that instrument. [It wasn't one she'd encountered in her own world, so she'd been curious about it. It does at least mean she doesn't have to ask about it here as well.]

That's an interesting system, though. Sounds rather enclosed, but I imagine if there's just five groups of you then you're talking about something within a single country?

[It's her guess. She doesn't usually deal with things on that relatively small of a scale, just as a fact of her job, so she's guessing that's why it sounds remarkably small to her.]