Emma loftily ignores that. "Well, I have no idea how to explain this on the basis of 'names and the word and'," she says contemplatively, "so, explanation can wait, let's go find her a room."
She beckons the strange girl after her. The servant's wing isn't nearly as close as the library, but it's reasonably straightforward to find, since Emma was using the servant's stairs to meet her friends in the first place. (They're easier to sneak down when running pantry raids.)
The southern half of the servant's wing is, as promised, deserted. The rooms are all fairly utilitarian and identical, each with a tiny cot, a chest of drawers and a stool with no immediately apparent purpose. Emma's not that familiar with them, but after opening a few doors she verifies they're none of them that different and gives up.
"Okay, they're all the same, good enough. Do you want to stay here?" she says to the girl, knowing she can't understand but feeling weird not saying anything. "Um, hmm." She gestures at the bag, and mimes putting it on a set of drawers. Then she points to 'Sohng and Pyay' and then to the floor. "Stay?"
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She beckons the strange girl after her. The servant's wing isn't nearly as close as the library, but it's reasonably straightforward to find, since Emma was using the servant's stairs to meet her friends in the first place. (They're easier to sneak down when running pantry raids.)
The southern half of the servant's wing is, as promised, deserted. The rooms are all fairly utilitarian and identical, each with a tiny cot, a chest of drawers and a stool with no immediately apparent purpose. Emma's not that familiar with them, but after opening a few doors she verifies they're none of them that different and gives up.
"Okay, they're all the same, good enough. Do you want to stay here?" she says to the girl, knowing she can't understand but feeling weird not saying anything. "Um, hmm." She gestures at the bag, and mimes putting it on a set of drawers. Then she points to 'Sohng and Pyay' and then to the floor. "Stay?"