"We can afford to take our time in Thorn, there's no need to rush anything." Fendros said, pausing just too look at Ahnasha for a moment. After a few seconds a thought came to his mind, "It might be a shot in the dark, but does Ariel know anything about pregnancies?" Fendros raised an eyebrow, "I mean, she's only an apothecary, but... I don't know, it might be worth asking her about this sort of thing while she's around."

Ariel followed Meesei's eyes to the crew, paying more attention to Meesei's words than Fendros or Ahnasha's. "That would be good, thank you," She said with a smile, pushing off the balustrade and turning to proceed below deck. "I have to admit I don't think I've even heard a word of Jel in my life," Ariel continued as she reached the steps to climb down, "but I've heard similar things about it to what you say. I can't know for sure whether I'll be able to speak it unless I try of course."

"Oh, Meesei," Janius said as Meesei and Ariel passed by, not looking up from his book, but half-smiling, "Happy hatching day. I'm sorry, we left in a bit of a rush before I could get you a gift."

The noise of the wind and water was far more muffled below the deck. When Ariel spotted Lorag rocking side to side in a hammock with a bottle of something likely alcoholic and a crate of similar bottles settled below him, she hoped that his behaviour would not wear their welcome thin. Meesei was around to stop anything going wildly wrong though.

Once out of the way, the lessons began. Ariel thought she would be at an advantage, already knowing Cyrodiilic and Dunmeris, and for the first couple of words it seemed okay. Once they got to the first phrase, however, she was immediately thrown off by the subtle noises that were in the pronunciation. She didn't even know if she could make such noises with her mouth. The pronunciation was especially difficult to instruct as Meesei could only relate the way she was sounding things out with her Argonian mouth. With perseverance, Ariel started to get a hold of some of the stranger syllables. Even though she felt a little gratified and proud of herself for doing so, they hadn't touched on the grammar yet.