Swiftcurrent Creek Winter is a cruel creature

She knew she had botched the accent when he grimaced, but he didn't say anything. For that she was thankful. With a sheepish grin, she shrugged and brushed it off. She'd get it right eventually, especially with practice. "Thanks. It's definitely not like the common tongue or the Roman tongue my father taught me."

When Kieran told her the different greetings, she felt a little overwhelmed. Though they spoke so many greetings in the common language, she wasn't used to truly thinking about the different ways to say hello. Now that she was faced with it in another language, she wondered if they were all necessary. In her state, she did catch a bit of what he said, and grinned. "Your word 'tú' kind of sounds like 'you.' Is that what it means?"