He's going to kill them they have to get away--
she commands it--
and then they are away and it occurs to her that she never specified where to. She slowly unclenches her arms from their death grip around her sister and looks around.
"I don't think I learn languages so fast that not needing a translator is worth the extra time while a war is going on."
"'Fix my accent' is faster than 'learn a whole new language'. And I'm not not-staying because of some internet rumors, I'm not staying because there's a war on. And because given a complex sociopolitical system I don't necessarily want to be a national asset for the first country I happened to encounter rather than being helpful wherever that happens to be needed."
"That tells me I want to learn Voan or Tapap eventually, but not that it's worth the delay. I'm an alien, if they judge me because I happened to land somewhere they don't like first thing I don't know that I could avoid being judged anyway."
Smile!
"I'm not leaving this minute," she adds, "since I apparently need to obfuscate my accent."
She studies them diligently and winds up talking Definitely Somewhere That Speaks Oahkar But That Sure Is Too Many Accent Influences.
"Good!"
...And they're going to go back to the Adaros' before they leave the country because it would be mean to not say goodbye to Alaior.
"It was one person who did that, and Voa's greys don't deserve to die for his mistake, and neither for that matter do Tapa's. And I can make more food, too, so people have enough unpoisoned food to eat."
"Making more food by magic will still keep Tapai people from starving faster than taking territory will, even if I wasn't prioritizing Voa's wellbeing at all."