"It is the number, yes." As much the shape of it as the sound. She hands him his bowl and settles down on the hearth herself, pulling the blanket back to tuck around her shoulders.

"You could say I learned it from the others here." Not to say she would have kicked him out if this had happened when she had first arrived, but her experiences had allowed her to open up and relax around humans.

"Well, you don't look familiar, so that's certainly part of it."