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Drift-wood. she tested out the name, smiling. Driftwood. hello. seawolf, she noted vaguely, and then he used the strange word again. . .except this time, along with her name. obviously it wasn't a mispronunciation. a title, maybe? Tahani canted her head, scrunching up her nose in confusion.

what is. . .Tau-hou? she asked, probably butchering the pronunciation in the process. sorry. i, ah, not speak your. . . this is not my mother tongue, she added, lapsing smoothly into Inuttut in illustration. not that he didn't already know that, but at least now he wouldn't think she was totally and utterly communication deficient.

just, you know, in this language.