Wheeling Gull Isle loneliness is a dealer's sweep

their mother made noise that she did not understand, but the repetition of 'ma' five times in a row- one 'mama', one question particle, and another 'mama'- sunk into her mind. what did it mean? m... she mumbled quietly, and after a long moment of silence added a ...ah....  the sounds were quiet and awkward, and after they came she felt awkward, turning away as her brother began to scamper towards the milk-giver. huā had already lost her attention, and she intended to go back to sleep now, uncaring for words.