Within and Without

[Foxglove]

Bowing down before her superiour in a practiced and elegant manner, despite her stiff leg, Gen greeted the other woman. "Good evening, signora," she addressed Enma in Maltese. It was something that she had struggled with since the day she had arrived, though she was determined to learn the language properly, even going so far as having a language therapist help her with getting intonation and pronounciation correctly. "I 'ave to admit that I didn't reckon with your visit." But alas, she wasn't advanced enough yet to lead a conversation in it, so she defaulted to English. Lowering herself onto a place in front of Enma, Gen beckoned for a waiter, telling him to bring her a glass of carbonated water.

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