"- what did she ask -"

"If I wanted to translate."

"Are there other things I need to know?"

She asks that. 

"Uh, Malare bought a girl, Rabka, with a useful embroidery yesterday, she's here also - maybe tell her who's here in general -"

Translation. "Uh, my husband and I are here unless we leave, in which case maybe you can visit when you feel like language lessons. We have seven children. Amait inherited my grandmother's estate, which is where the rest of her slaves are. Malare and apparently his new slave are in those rooms there. Atyel is committing miscellaneous acts of terrorism out east. Caranth ships things. The others are still children - Curuwi and Amas and Antel. There's a cook and a housekeeper - not slaves - and I do translation, there are people in and out for that."

"A few useful phrases in Andeme would be helpful. And something to write them down with - maybe the alphabet -"

"Of course." And she explains the alphabet. Amait eats silently.

Aya takes a little food and a lot of notes.

She can have some Andeme phrases.

They are handy. She transliterates them and translates them and writes them down in the original alphabet for reference.

She watches with fascination. Amait finishes eating, says something to her mother, leaves.

Aya is apparently very hungry.

Well she definitely won't object if Aya keeps eating. "Were you avoiding eating a lot while she was here -"

"- I am not under the impression that I'm on limited rations."

"Okay. Anything else -"

"If you move out of the house will you tell me where to find you if I need more translation?"

"Yes. Should I not move out of the house, I don't have to, it's just that Amait doesn't like being around people who are mad at her and I don't like being around her slaves. - nothing personal -"

"I'll pick up Andeme sooner or later. It would just be hard not to have even an emergency option."

"We can stay a while. Be around if anything happens."

"Thank you."

"You preferred that."

"- hm?"

"I asked if you wanted me to stay and you said something neutralish but you did in fact prefer I stay. Right?"

"I don't mean to inconvenience you but navigating through a language barrier is very difficult."