Maenik waves back. That's a bunch of new words. One of them might be the new person's name but she doesn't want to guess which one. "Gu Banak molh do?" She gestures toward the newest arrival.

"Oskeli," they respond, putting a hand on their chest. Then they tap their forehead. "... gas Bardamma".

So there's two types of words for people? She's seen gestures to three accompanying someone naming themselves actually: chest, collar and forehead. Do they all mean different things or are chest and collar interchangeable? She... doesn't feel like she has the vocabulary to ask. She's also not sure about asasan. Is that a generic third person pronoun or is it more specific. That at least she can maybe test. She gestures towards Genilha while keeping her face towards Osekli "Gu Banak Genilha asasan?"

Oskeli holds a hand in front of them, their elbow bent, and leans to either side. "Banak Genilha as," they reply.

They point at Daskal and Genilha, circling their finger to include both of them. "Banak Genilha gas Daskal asasan." Then they point to each in turn. "Banak Genilha as. Banak Daskal as."

Okay, that confirms that gas is probably not a conjunction which conveys temporal ordering.

And the use of asasan seems specific to groups. So the person in front of her sees themselves as a group? She's met people like that before. 

Does the order matter then? "Gu Banak Bardamma gas Oskeli do?"

They make the affirmative hand gesture. "Banak."

Ðani and Penþa take the moment to have an aside, perhaps catching her up on the language learning progress, or perhaps discussing something else.

When they've finished conversing in low voices, Ðani returns to Oskeli and Bardamma's side.

"Maenik, gu rumasak do molh?" she interjects. "Pav illusion do eg?"

That's actually not an easy question to answer. If that's asking about her home she isn't quite sure she has one. She's been itinerant for a long time. It's been at least three cycles since she visited any hubs and she doesn't feel particularly attached to the one she visited those few cycles back.

Trying to explain that would be hard though. If she has to pick one... should she pick somewhere planetside or show them a glimpse of just how strange her life can be?

In the interests of sincerity she'll go for where she was got joined to her Weave. That was planetside but it did have a large orbital ring.

"Rumasak pi Levicoleur." She makes an illusion of the ritual grove. There's a garden with an exotic variety of flowers and plants taken from many different worlds and supported by magic so they can coexist. Heavily engraved pillars of stone surround the space and past that there are some short trees. The sky shows stars they would be unfamiliar with and a reflective band cast across the sky. Some of the 'stars' are moving unusually fast.

Oskeli peers intently at the illusion for a moment, and then says something. The others make clicking sounds.

They say something to Daskal, who hops off the fence and goes to fetch a chair from one of the houses.

Ðani looks at Maenik's face, and seems to come to some kind of conclusion. "Mat."

She and Oskeli stand back from the illusion, and look toward Maenik instead of at it. Penþa has gone back to tying knots.

A moment later Daskal returns with a chair, and Oskeli sits down in it.

"Mat?" she tries to ask. She doesn't actually have a way to ask what a word mens. Maybe "Banak molh Mat?"

Ðani makes an apologetic face.

"Daskal, pav jump do do."

Daskal hops.

"Mat," Ðani says afterward.

"Ðani, pav dosak do þomegi," Genilha interjects.

Ðani reaches down to poke a rock.

"Mat," Genilha says.

Okay so Mat is either an acknowledgement or an expression of gratitude. She makes the hand sign to indicate she understands and then says "Mat."

This gets her general smiles. The adults glance at each other, perhaps trying to think what to say next.

Daskal makes a deep thinking face, then he pivots to point at the wooden fence around the garden. "Sorna. Sornak eg."

He points at a house. "Sorna."

He leans in to point at the illusory trees. "Ka-sornak eg. Esagremak sorna illusion, pok ka-sornak eg."

Finally he turns to Maenik and clasps his hands again. "Ka-floating do Daskal — pav illusion? Pav esagremak floating?"

That is a lot of new words. She's not really sure what they might mean but he is using the words flying and illusion. She can make a couple attempts. She makes an illusion of Daskal flying through the air. It's photorealistic.

Daskal looks conflicted. He opens his mouth a few times, visibly struggling as he tries to figure out what to say.

After a moment, he turns and says a long string of words to Genilha.

Genilha looks thoughtful for a moment.

He says something back to Daskal, who straightens up and gains a look of determination.

Genilha gathers a handful of stones, and then places one on the ground between them.

"Tor þomegi," he explains. He places another one. "Sat þomegi." He places a third "Ben þomegi. Tor, sat, ben."

He looks up to see if Maenik is following.

Seems like numbers. She makes an illusion of three of the stalks. "Ben kalhornaðor."

He makes an affirmative hand gesture and smiles.

Then he picks up two rocks and shows them to Daskal. "Daskal, gu kavlhat eg molh?"