Duskfire Glacier Give me something to believe in

for future reference, please don't skip me in the posting order! :)

It seems a lot happens at once — her packmate speaks to her in Inuttuk and immediately she understands their barrier, but the newcomer confirms it. She's about to speak, but Siarut arrives then. She dips her head in greeting. It seems there's little use for her here, but she lingers anyway because Som wants this for scout.
She listens to the pair converse in their language, and she feels odd. Her father's tongue had been his pack's native tongue, their main language, but she'd learned French early — not as early as the other children, no, but early nonetheless. This is a different situation, a different place, and hearing the foreign language does not inspire the same warmth. Instead she feels cold and alone, and she watches the stranger and wonders if he will too.