"Ohhhhh..." comes a chorus of voices.

"Ya! We be friends! Friendy-ness good-ness! Friends!"

"Friends! Friends! Friends!" comes several voices, followed by a chattering in a strange language
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Which, actually, Beltin understands. It is easy to assume that the language issue suffered earlier comes from a lack of intelligence, but really it turns out that it is a function of TSL (Taldane as a Second Language), and while they don't say anything truly profound, still they seem just as intelligent - at least verbally - as a normal commoner.

"Friends come-a house!" shouts Xuld, striking an overly-gregarious pose and as the others filter out of their poor hiding spots behind thistles and bushes. He is motioning to the cottage.