It's not the could that's the surprise, after all. Nerdanel can listen to things, and she does seem nice enough that she would probably be a good teacher. The surprise is more in her offering to do so in the first place.
But the offer is nice enough that Alice doesn't want to leave it at just the surprise as an answer, so she slowly adds.
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It's not the could that's the surprise, after all. Nerdanel can listen to things, and she does seem nice enough that she would probably be a good teacher. The surprise is more in her offering to do so in the first place.
But the offer is nice enough that Alice doesn't want to leave it at just the surprise as an answer, so she slowly adds.
"I.. would like that."