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"Here." It was the man who spoke this time, his voice a pleasant rumble.
"Yes, here, Calig." I pointed to the ground.
He cocked his head. Long silver hair fell to one side, almost as long as the woman's. He said a word I didn't understand.
"Dirt?" I guessed. "Uh, the ground is dirt," I agreed. "The whole planet is." I had no idea where to go from here, or if they understood a word I said.
"Iritauri," Danec said suddenly.
Both the man and woman's head jerked to look at him. The woman nodded excitedly and pointed toward herself. "Iritauri. Selvia." She pointed to the man, "Landu."
Danec pointed to himself, "Danec." Then to me, "Edie."
"Eeedee," the woman drew out my name and nodded.
I smiled, then out of the corner of my mouth, I asked, "Who are these people?"
"The Iritauri," he said. "Or Iri. They were a race of people who shared Freytauri."
Landu spat on the ground.
I wrinkled my nose. "Past tense?" I asked.
"They were persecuted. Many left. Those who didn't…" His voice was laced with regret for an event which had probably happened before he was born.
"And here they are," I finished. No wonder they hid from us. They probably thought we'd come to finish the job.
"I'm sorry your people were treated badly," I said. "Can they understand me?"
"Your watch should have a translator on it," Danec said. "Turn on Iritaurian and it'll do the rest."
I did as he said. "Testing." The word spoke the word again, but this time in a different language.
Landu chuckled and repeated the word.
My watch responded. "Testing."
This would be slow and clunky, but better than nothing.
"So, you live here, on this planet?" I asked again.
"Yes, yes." Salvia nodded. "We crashed here. Calig is home now. For three generations."
"Oh." I hoped we wouldn't be here for that long. "I suppose that means there's food around."
"Lots of vegetables and fish." Landu pointed toward the lake. "There's good eating when the moon flowers bloom."
That was good to know. Food was that close, we just had to catch it. Of course, my knowledge of how to do that was limited to not at all.
"Maybe we can trade," I suggested. "Food for… Well, we must have something you'd want."
Salvia gave a curt nod. "Trade."
"Great," Danec said. "Maybe you could teach us to fish in return for my watch?"
Before he could slip it off his wrist, Slek spoke loudly from a few metres away.
"Who are you speaking to?"
