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The man spoke softly, in a slightly accented language different from her own and called to the woman laying out on the sand.

"Man clam" the woman spoke, her voice sounding much like the sirens of the sea that she had heard in the past.

This must be the one who was singing that song earlier Tahl thought to herself as the woman pushed herself up into a sitting position and pointed to each of them in return.

"You, you, you, man and lady clams?"

While Tahl's grasp of the human language was not complete it was better then the woman's obviously, though it still took tahl a second to grasp what she had said.

As the siren turned to study her Tahl was surprised when she spoke in the language of the water.

"Dee fran huul crased fronelia? Rrha ki ra hymme paja yor getrra, en gott wi gyas." You are a child of water? He is a mighty clam of the ocean, yet he can transform into fire. He is my friend.

nodding Tahl answered in her rich yet soft voice "Siyo, pholor ussta ilhars suul, 'zil ph'dos, d'elezz Usstan tlun brornus dos ph''zil rivvil lu'henotep drowned, vel'bol uri'shoelt?" Yes, on my mothers side, as are you, though I am surprised you are as human and almost drowned, what happened?

Shooting a curious look at the siren, for it was now obvious that was what the woman was, as she spoke again, this time in english. It seemed that she was under the mistaken idea that Tahl was a male but when the elf opened her mouth to correct her she instead settled for a bemused expression as the male answered for her.

"Mistress Rilletta, You are correct in saying she is beautiful, but she is not he. She is indeed a young woman, at least in appearance," glancing at Tahl, the male continued to speak "They are called umbrellas, if you like mistress I can change her clothes to that of a dress if you'd like."

"Usstan saph ussta ofil'nisha fridj ula g'rftte whol l'gultah. Sefal, ele zhah il lar'ild dos nesst clam?" I like my clothes just fine thanks for the offer. Anyways, why is she calling you man clam?

Tahl, looking down at her self and her clothes, knew why she had assumed that she was a male, for even though she had passed the right of adulthood, or as much of one as the elves had, her body had yet to mature, and wouldn't for another 100 years or so.