Herbalists' Cache You oughta know by now

He tried, but wasn't making much progress. She wondered if he felt the same way she did, every time she had to make a word that had an s sound in it. It hadn't come naturally to her, and being abandoned at a young age certainly hadn't helped. She'd learned from others, once she'd joined the Redtail Rise- but still her speech sounded different. Perhaps, she thought, this guy had also been alone- and simply hadn't learned how to speak. Maybe his family were quiet, like Augur and New Snow- but he seemed willing at least to imitate speech. 

He looked disappointed for a moment, but took a breath. When he looked at her again, it was with a curious gaze. She interpreted that to mean that he might possibly be asking her to teach him. 

"Can you do what I do?" She asked, though she had to be mindful that he might not even understand that question. She opened her mouth, so he could see the way she used her tongue. "Eeeeeeeeyah. Eeeeeeyah. Eeeyah. Yah. Yah," She said, showing him how she channeled the air above her tongue, and then dropped her jaw to make the sound. She nodded, so he might know what the word meant. "Yeah. Yeah?"