"It's not so bad. They do a lot of changing the words based on what part of speech they're being at the moment, so it's easier to be sure you know what a word is doing in a sentence than it is with some other languages. But if your parents told you French then they probably knew what they were doing."

"Parents told me learn what your friends speak for practice."

...maybe that's good advice for most people, she doesn't actually know what's good advice for most people on this front. "Well, I know French and Latin, but I'm not very good at speaking in things that aren't English or Patois, so I'm not sure how much help I can be on that front. You meet someone else who's good with French?"

"Montréal seem friendly!"

"Oh really! Then I suppose French makes sense. Hopefully the school agrees, I hear it can saddle you with weird stuff sometimes."

"That is why I am trying to choose today! I can make sure to think about French very loud."

"Huh, I wonder if that works. I'm tempted to try it, but I think I'll just take whatever the school wants me to learn. I'm pretty flexible. Best of luck getting French, though."

"If I am worried about it when I wake up next morning I will ask the void for French books and that will do it surely."

"I guess it probably will!" 

Nia eats some of her food. "What is your name? I'm called Nia."

"Anemone. Nia's a pretty name. Where are you from?"

"Notting Hill, a bit of London, but my parents are Kenya-born."

"Oh neat! I'm from Jamaica, but my grandmother studied in London."

"I hear it's nice in Jamaica!"

"I like it! It's tropical. How's Notting Hill?"

"Not tropical. Rainy, often, and foggy, and chilly much of the time."