[In the last few weeks, Naoto had gotten rather used to the strange quirks of this world, so the talking (thinking) cat wasn't much of a surprise.]
[What was a surprise, however, was the book that he was asking about. Naoto couldn't help but blush; she'd seen this book make its way around the hallways of her high school, but she'd been lucky to avoid coming into close contact with it herself. Until now, anyway.]
Err...well, you see...
[This wasn't doing any good. In all honesty, Rise would be somebody much better suited to handle this.]
I'm afraid that I'm not an expert on this subject matter.
no subject
[What was a surprise, however, was the book that he was asking about. Naoto couldn't help but blush; she'd seen this book make its way around the hallways of her high school, but she'd been lucky to avoid coming into close contact with it herself. Until now, anyway.]
Err...well, you see...
[This wasn't doing any good. In all honesty, Rise would be somebody much better suited to handle this.]
I'm afraid that I'm not an expert on this subject matter.
["Subject matter" being a term she used loosely.]