"I'm beginning to," she said. "At least, they understand each other's words, if not each other's meanings all the time."

Misunderstandings, however, were a relatively normal part of life for Mina. The only questions was whether or not these misunderstandings were intentional. With Apollo, she perceived him to be the type of person who lived relatively on the surface. Which was not to say that he couldn't have depth. She could. But her conversation with him just struck her as fairly shallow and straightforward.

"Well, we should hurry along to your aquarium. I do want to get all of these packages back to the inn before sunrise. Otherwise, I might die of embarrassment." Or exposure to sunlight.