"It's pretty big, yeah. We also have more cities so people live more densely."

"Southern of you, but it makes sense, with so many people..."

"Are there also more people in the south?" she wonders.

"Not sure. We don't exactly get to read their census."

"I suppose not. Do they speak the same language?"

"Yeah. That much I know 'cause of the borderlands."

"It's very strange that we're all speaking the same language. Or are we?"

"I think so!"

"Parlez-vous Français?"

"No, I can't say I do - um," she says, almost losing a wingbeat. "That was weird."

"Weird how?"

"Well - I understood you even though you were speaking a language I've never heard before! It's weird."

"But the language I speak normally is the language you speak most of the time even when I am not around?"

"I'm pretty sure it is now that I've seen the difference!"

"Hajimemashite, watashi wa Mariko desu."

"You know a lot of languages! I don't think I've even heard of more than just the one until now!"

"I'm not good at either of those two but I know enough to check. Languages are one of the things humans have a lot of because there are so many of us."

"That makes sense. - Wasn't your name May?"

"My full name is Mabel Mariko Swan. May is short for Mabel and Mariko is a name in Japanese. Mei is too, but I'd sooner go by Mariko if I were speaking Japanese."

"Oh, I guess that makes sense. How many languages are there in your world?"

"I don't know exactly, hundreds maybe thousands."

"Wooooow."

Giggle.

Giggle. "I'm gonna go see if I can catch some moths on the wing," she says, "see you later!"

"Enjoy your moths!"