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"My accent is different but the tone of my voice, are they similar?" he asked.
As the child reached her small hand to Doc, he choked a bit as his father's instinct kicked in. He felt for her. That's when it dawned on him. He translated "vater" into his datapad and he could only sigh.
"Vater is father in your language, isn't it?" he said to Hildagart, "if that's the case, I'm beginning to think that Gretel sees me as her father. The problem is, I don't speak your language. She can speak, just not......what.....I.....speak."
At this Doc felt almost ashamed for a moment. He spoke fluent Gallic, Hispania, Latin and even was well versed in Kusari but didn't know Rheinlandic.
"That's what she wants, Hildagart, me to speak to her in her language but I can't."
Doc was lost. No one can learn a language in an instant.