Surniph's Story

The woman apparently pondered for several long moments how best to express where Meke was, eventually settling for miming rippling waves with her hand, and then circling around it. She frowned, before taking a glass of water from the tray and pointing at its contents, stating "The lake" in Losenyu.

She went on to speak for several moments, apparently as much to herself as to Surniph, before gesturing at herself. "I am Nasane." she said, again in Losenyu (though the name was emphasised enough to be apparent).

Surniph frowned at the apparent flailing of limbs in an attempt to articulate - she assumed - where Meke was. Something about a big circle, and her water glass?

A body of water?

The frown eased when the woman gestured to herself, said a few words, and something that sounded like 'Nasane.'

"Nasane," Surniph repeated, pointing at the woman, then pointed to herself. "Surniph."

She smoothed a hand down the bed, frowning. "How long?" she asked, tapping the bed.

The woman held up a hand, showing first three fingers, then tipping her hand to the side in a gesture of uncertainty, then four fingers. Then she gestured to the clock and drew a full circle around it. "Three, maybe four days. Minimum."

She went on to wave her hands in a series of exasperated gestures as she spoke swiftly, without the intention of being understood, "If I had my way, and you weren't as hasty a fool as any other youth I've tended, you'd be here ten, or a fortnight!" She spread her palms to show ten fingers as she finished, tutting.