Still cautious, Taara scooted back to where she sat, leaving her plate behind. It was almost empty, anyway (though she had avoided the colcannon). She decided to curl up and answer the big person's questions, talking like Kaj would when Maut wanted him to tell the other children something.

"No, I'm not from here. I was in the mountains, then I was in the forest, and then I was here," She explained as simply as possible. "My name- or, the name I have been called- is Taara. It means 'Star' in the dragon people's language. But you may call me whatever you like. I have not been called Taara in some time." She paused, curious where the giant man had come from if not the monastery's mountains. She channeled Maut, asking several pointed questions at once. "Where are you from? Is 'Trunksplitter' your name, or is it like a title? What's it like where you're from? Why are you here?"