--that's a first, evidently, from the way that Ilde brightens. It's apparently more than sufficient that Steph's understanding is minimal; her own is relatively new and she interprets this as an excuse to not try quite so hard rather than a flaw. They can just have the equivalent of a four year old's conversation, that's much easier than remembering how to string together complex sentences.

Swimming where? she inquires. Go faster?

The buoyant water pushes, testing, to illustrate her point.