"I speak English, Mandarin and Lojban. Russian and Spanish are on my list of languages to learn along with Arabic and Hindi."

"I speak English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Latin, and German. Enough German to read the philosophy."

"Well, as long as you can read spells in it, that's what counts."

"English, and a passable french. Languages were not my strong suit. 's why I'm alchemy track."

"Do you know what you'll be doing after focus potions? Or are you going to make it your main thing?"

"I have a really good focus potion recipe, been using it for two years now and ironed out most of the kinks. I have recipes for the standards as well - healing, anti-poison - but I expect the focus potion will be most of my business."

"That's reasonable, I don't like doing the same thing too many times but that's probably a personal failing."

"You don't? Routines are kind of comforting. I'll be happy when we have our schedules."

"For me life is about discovery and the beauty that can be found in each moment. Even pain is something to be savored when it's a new kind of pain."

Wow that's pretty much the opposite of what life means to him.

"That's a nice thought."

Virgil pokes at his food. It isn't any more unappetizing than eating in general, so he doesn't have any complaints.

"Thank you, I know I'm a bit unusual especially with regard to pain. You asked earlier about depression. I don't have a cure but I could probably give you a good idea of what mundane meds would work for you and you might be able to get those from the Nurse."

"I might be able to whip something up for you too."

"Thanks, but it's not a big deal."

Open-ended favors mean getting yourself into a bind pretty fast.

"If you say so."

Virgil will sit quietly, startling every time he senses movement in his periphery, and eat his dinner.

Ribo will continue making small talk with anyone who wants that but if nobody is interested she'll just watch people at other tables.