He did notice it just a bit - maybe she understood it better than he thought.

But he wound up unsurprised to see her get annoyed at it. Not that he expected her to fail! "You're trying way too hard! You don't have to try and force it out like it's a bad spirit or something, it just needs to be found. Here, let's try something."

He sat down in front of her, and gently put her hands together, palms facing up, with his own hands under hers. Before long, a small ball of energy appeared above her hands - and she may be able to feel some of that energy flowing through her. "Try now. I've given you some of my ki, so you can hopefully find the source of yours." If she did, that ball of energy should definitely react to it!