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Blixen seemed exuberant about their shared interest. Towhee did not feel nearly so excited about it, yet she had to admit that it made her opinion of the outsider rise a little bit. This counteracted some of the annoyance the guardian felt when Blixen continued to use strange words here and there. Fortunately, she had long ago acquired the skill of utilizing contextual clues to help figure out what unfamiliar words meant.

”What are all these strange words?” Towhee couldn’t help but ask though. ”Are you speaking in a different language?” she pressed, curious despite herself. Something dawned on her then and she looked Blixen square in the face and said, ”I’m deaf, in case I didn’t make that clear. I rely on reading lips for the most part. I also use a language called ptero with my family,” she added, reminding herself that Blixen wasn’t part of it despite their mutual genetics and interests.