Duck Lake he gives the world its saddest sound

Kessa nodded, shrugging off the apology though she didn't understand the strange language he spoke. It was not the Ghiscari language that the Graces spoke, which she had never learned to speak due to her low status. 

"It's nice," she complimented, though the deaf femme doubted whether or not if she would ever be able to pronounce it. 

"Why?" Kessa gestured to the water questioningly, wondering what he was doing.