Tuktu Hinterlands sometimes i feel you pull away from me

There was a laugh from him. Even though the conversation would take them no where, somehow she felt at ease with this guy. Another one like her, a foreigner who didn't know a lick of the common language. She remembered she had been like that just a year ago. Perhaps in a year from now, he would have familiarized himself with the vocab. And maybe Huā would be completely fluent, though she doubted her obvious accent would ever leave her. It was nice to know that she wasn't struggling alone.

"因为你不说他们的语言，现在我不需要说他们的语言. 我可以说中文." She sighed as if relieved. She knew he wouldn't understand but she didn't really care. She missed her homeland where everyone spoke her language. The common language was harsh on her ears, blunt and ugly, but it was the only way she could communicate. In the presence of someone who knew neither language, at least she could speak her own, because what difference would it make?