She looks surprised again, trying to wrap her mind around it. It's clear she's not terribly adept with the language, but can speak it well enough, and understand<em>his</em>rather different accent. "The... common tongue?" she asked, incredulously, then shook her head. "I was sleeping at home, when our village was attacked. Our men were slaughtered, and the women captured, and hauled away. I managed to escape, after capture, and fled. I've been running for most of the day."<br/><br/>((Unless noted otherwise, anyone speaking 'English' is speaking 'Ye Olde English'. It's just a pain to write.))