Blacktail Deer Plateau Cattin Catfish

he smirked. "you can be modest, but i'm being serious, yaar," he laughed, giving her a wink. "i was hopeless before this." she was right about the size, though; he gazed down at the fish at his feet and gave a nod, slightly impressed with himself. still, everyone got lucky once in a while.

her next question reached his ears and adi grinned, mostly because he had just dropped a foreign word a few moments before. "i do. my mother's tongue," he explained. "my uncle and a few others i've met spoke it as well. no one here, though." sadly.

"aasmaan," he said, pointing his nose to the sky. "zameen," he continued, and pointed back down to the ground. he picked up the fish before dropping it back down, saying, "machhli." he shrugged. "it's a pretty language. i'd be happy to teach you a few words."