Almost Family

[Eteri]

I blinked as she backed away. "Oh. Is hard. Can always seeing the souls." I placed a hand over my chest and gave the woman before me an affirmative nod. "Not cut no soul from you. Is promise, and the promise is most important. Never to break." I said. The woman still stared at me incredulously, with great suspicion. I chewed on my cheek, tail swinging side to side as I thought about how to better articulate what I wanted to say to her. Oh...I glanced down at myself and realised that I had been stalking closer to her, and the poor thing was pressed so far up against the back wall that I thought she was going to slip right on through it.

"Is ok. Is ok." I said as I backed away to kneel on the floor, chin on the counter. Ezra turned her attention to Nevin and asked him a quick succession of questions. Far too quickly for me to properly understand. I did pick a few words. Daughter? I furrowed my brow. Wait? Did Nevin have a daughter? I turned to him.

"Is you have the daughter?"

He gave me a shocked look and quickly shook his head. I turned my head back to Ezra. I gave her a big toothy smile. "Am glad. New friend." I said. "Nevin answer talk too fast. Not understanding." I pointed to myself. "Tradespeak not native language. Hard to understand. Make look stupid. Is stupid, am the sorry."