Moonsong Glacier I guess I'm doing karaoke on the 29th :/

He was not yet well-versed enough to understand her answer, but the panther thought he caught a bit of chagrin on the girl's part. He wondered if it bothered her very much, to be different from others in this way. Was it all she had ever known, or had she lost her hearing somewhere along the way?

These were questions he would only ask when he felt sure he would understand her answers. For the moment, he focused on learning the basics of the language. His paws traced the shape of silenthunter's name once and then twice, and then he huffed as he found he'd forgotten the first half already.

"Show me one more time," he requested, this time determined to get it right.

The lesson went on like this for a little longer; long enough that Dutch found it prudent to return to his patrolling. Silenthunter was invited along, if she so wished it — but it would be a tacit companionship until he felt his due diligence was done.