        She stopped, and her pose seemed to him as if she was thinking.  He hadn’t managed to make any of the sounds correctly, despite his best efforts, and he could see on her face that she was rapidly giving it up as a lost cause.  She closed her eyes for a moment, and faint golden glow pulsed in her neck.  Much to his surprise, she pointed her hoof at the first letter again, but this time her voice was much lower.