"It could have been much worse if you had been actively out to do me harm," Iobel says. "Really, the fact that it wasn't should have clued me in right away."
"And - just ignore Cricket. I don't think he's likely to monologue at you if you don't interact with him."
"He wasn't really interacting with him, actually," says Adarin. "He just sort of - leveraged addressing me into attacking Edarial."
"Well, maybe I'm wrong. I'm not used to him being able to talk to people." She sighs.
"Believe me, if I thought I could get Cricket to apologize to you I'd do it."
"You have caused considerable social awkwardness and I have had limited success in cleaning up after you. You are very rude and you are not getting the language spell any time soon."
When Cricket whines at her she pets him, though. "Soft kitty," she murmurs.
But Edarial's improved enough for there to not be hugs, so - release from hug. Out of habit, he takes his wife's hand and smiles at her.
"He's been around my whole life and he's terribly devoted, just - it's not so bad when no one else can understand him."
Adarin raises an eyebrow. "I see," he says. He glances at Edarial.
"... I think that it's better I can at least understand him now. Even if I don't like what he says."