Stavanger Bay Why is the rum gone?

Engel placed the bone, than just stood there silent and still as the suddenness of her movements to snatch the bone away. She placed it elsewhere, and he glanced over at it. Engelhard then turned his gaze to her face after his question had been asked. She did not speak...but she did smile.

He smiled back at her smile, tipping his head slightly. He assumed she smiled at his attempt at a joke. "Do you...do you talk?" he then asked.