Duck Lake ábyrgur

switching to just italics for her Icelandic since they both understand one another :)

to say she was shocked was an understatement.

outside of her family (not even all of kvarsheim!) she had met none who shared their language. some knew words at best. but even that had been horribly rare.

which meant she needed a moment to get her head back on straight before she quickly fumbled out —

bjarna. meek and timid with this wash of surprise. are you — do you — oh she had a million things to ask all at once and she struggled! only my family speaks like this!