Shadowwyn Moor so it's cautiously into the dark

Her offer was kind, but Ridgeback, ashamed of his clumsiness and wary of mispronunciations, felt more comfortable butchering the language in front of his wife, rather than to one who spoke it fluently. 

But something about what she said caused him to pause and tilt his head. Their? S-sorry, He blurted, when he realized his expression had changed. Are you not Lanzadoii then? He thought he’d caught her speaking the language with Sun Eater- he always looked more comfortable when he spoke his own tongue- but perhaps he had been wrong.