Tashi sat on the log while listening Maki complain called as lady and he replied to her dismissive gesture; "Well, your older than a girl but your unmarried woman who has some refined manners and your my superior so it is proper call you a lady Maki. But I will drop addressing you for now so you do not need uncomfortable about it." Tashi is correct in all points but most team members call their squad captains (and each other) only by first name as most formalities are removed. However with Tashi's case he is always formal and courtly in manners despite they have worked quite while now as a team. Tashi calls even his other team mates by their full names but he does not demand they address him by his full name.<br/><br/>Hearing Maki's comment about his style he nods and replies; "It would be odd if you had seen other genin use it. As the Hiten Mitsurugi is style which is passed only through a very narrow passage between master and single apprentice. When a apprentice rises to master the old master is killed in final lesson. Of course anyone who had survived from attack from Hiten Mitsurugi style or witnessed it may have tried mimic it and form new branch style based on Hiten Mitsurugi and some perfect copies could be around.<br/><br/>However the true practitioners of the Hiten Mitsurugi in whole world is measured by one or two. It has been so far centuries even before the style practitioner was born with red eyes and joined Mibu clan and so the style kind of became clan style altough it's incorrect call it so. As clan did not discover it but just gained the secret of the style through distant blood relation to practitioner." Only times when Tashi speaks more than usual is when discussing about arts of taijutsu, kenjutsu or martial arts in general. As he is called the genius of taijutsu from Mibu clan. A likely reason why he has become apprentice to said rare style which employs katana which in itself is rare shinobi weapon but not unheard.