She holds her tongue knowing that being an Auror was more strenuous than she'd seen from the no-maj police in New York. It's the closest equivalent she could think of given they didn't merely hold the laws but acted as defense in wars and investigations. Though she won't put down the efforts of a regular police no-maj it's hardly the same and she knows it, but it's not something she can explain. Not without saying things she's still uncertain she even should here. Grateful for Moana continuing on and being a distraction from that, she concentrates on the food before her.

Her gaze flickers to the girl once more when she questions her and after a small pause she shakes her head. Turning her attention back to her cutting before she speaks once more. "Not any stranger than anything else," Tina answers, "smaller places don't need as much. There's plenty of towns in America that can handle things through local authority and likely run the same way. New York's too large for that, though. And a lot of people arrive from other countries in New York that it'd be a mess not to have laws in place. That's still got its own local departments. What I worked for is larger, though, a country-wide scale than just our city..."

Which is why she had left New York now to begin with. Aurors were utilized where they were needed even if MACUSA's headquarters was in New York City. And with the events in Europe there always seemed to be that possibility as well... Shrugging her shoulders she hefted out a breath. "Besides. Anything sounds strange if you're not familiar with it. Where I'm from would be every bit to you as well." Especially if it was Magical New York.