Well met, Aru Shah. I'll be troubling you with this learning for the making of tea.

( said with his hands held up before him, fist pressed into palm, and a bow of his head. respect! martial respect, at least, and his hands drop back down while he steps back and further into the kitchen. what's out on the counters ranges from familiar to not, though a first glance doesn't let him identify any electric kettle. maybe they did just have one for rangetop...

hence he starts to open lower cabinets, investigating what he finds within. )

Might there be a boiling vessel of some kind hidden away?