[What theory? Ecks is beginning to understand that she has missed rather a lot by not paying attention to this man on the network, whoever he might be. She does not remember seeing the name Lutha, but she has not been reading other people's conversations very assiduously.
She perks up unexpectedly at the word that comes out of the man's mouth -- an angry word she rather thinks she won't translate, in an accent that seems thick to her. She peers at Lutha, not coming any closer but not at all making an effort to pretend he doesn't have her interest. She immediately disobeys -- if it qualifies as disobeying when Doctor House has given her permission -- and opens her mouth to speak in her native tongue, an Orcish dialect with traces of human languages in its syntax. The consonants are harsh, meant for a speaker with rather larger teeth.]
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[What theory? Ecks is beginning to understand that she has missed rather a lot by not paying attention to this man on the network, whoever he might be. She does not remember seeing the name Lutha, but she has not been reading other people's conversations very assiduously.
She perks up unexpectedly at the word that comes out of the man's mouth -- an angry word she rather thinks she won't translate, in an accent that seems thick to her. She peers at Lutha, not coming any closer but not at all making an effort to pretend he doesn't have her interest. She immediately disobeys -- if it qualifies as disobeying when Doctor House has given her permission -- and opens her mouth to speak in her native tongue, an Orcish dialect with traces of human languages in its syntax. The consonants are harsh, meant for a speaker with rather larger teeth.]
You speak the common tongue?