Veretian. Well, it wasn't any version of English. Gansey didn't recognize the name.
Laurent seemed sharp enough, though. He'd already moved to the same conclusion as Gansey had, which made Gansey smile, a little.
Christ, maybe he'd been wrong to come here alone. This - puzzling through a problem, talking it through with someone - that was a better distraction than working alone. It always had been, and he should have remembered that.
"I haven't seen Hope since I started working here," he said, and Christ knew he wasn't that likely to ask one of the others. Delight, maybe - but she was new. Their understanding of languages hadn't been provided by her, and he honestly doubted either Rage or Fear had anything to do with it. Hope was his guess. Hope was usually his guess. "But when I did speak to him, I asked him about the past. About the culture that was here before. He wasn't all that willing to speak of them, beyond implying he'd like to bring them back some day. I don't think they want us to know what happened to them.
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Laurent seemed sharp enough, though. He'd already moved to the same conclusion as Gansey had, which made Gansey smile, a little.
Christ, maybe he'd been wrong to come here alone. This - puzzling through a problem, talking it through with someone - that was a better distraction than working alone. It always had been, and he should have remembered that.
"I haven't seen Hope since I started working here," he said, and Christ knew he wasn't that likely to ask one of the others. Delight, maybe - but she was new. Their understanding of languages hadn't been provided by her, and he honestly doubted either Rage or Fear had anything to do with it. Hope was his guess. Hope was usually his guess. "But when I did speak to him, I asked him about the past. About the culture that was here before. He wasn't all that willing to speak of them, beyond implying he'd like to bring them back some day. I don't think they want us to know what happened to them.
So, obviously, I'm keen to find out."