( ren laughs at that, one that shakes his shoulders.
she's a quick learner! he's maybe even a bit impressed. )

For my own benefit. ( and there's a playful wink to follow that up. )

Moving passages, shadowy walkways... And the flowers, well— you can hear them speaking a different sort of language all together even from just outside the borders.

( entirely separate from the language of flowers they touched upon here, mind you. )