Darin asked Ridahne to speak to her in Azurian and the elf very nearly checked Tsura to stop and stare at her. She didn't, but she did turn around in her saddle to look at the human as best she could. The elf's face was bright and ecstatic, not to mention very surprised. She looked like Darin could have made no better request in all of Astra as the sun caught her amber eyes and made them seem even brighter and sharper than usual. 

"Really? You mean it? I mean, I'll have to teach you, and I might not be the best language teacher but I'll--"

Darin spoke again, but this time in Azurian. It wasn't flawless, but Ridahne knew that she hadn't taught the human those words and her mouth dropped. So that's what she meant by gift. Darin hadn't exactly specified, though Ridahne guessed it had something to do with language. But she hadn't expected that. "The Tree gave you the gift of languages? Darin, that's incredible!" She spoke in Azurian now, though hers was far more heavily accented and fast. "Yes! Yes, we will speak Azurei from now on! I can't help you with any of the Siren tongues, but I know the speech of the other elves too, or at least some." She switched to Eluri, then to Orosi, and back to Azurei as she spoke, just to test her. Her mastery over the other two was much less, and her Azurei accent flowed through even her Astran, but she did know the words. The three languages were very similar in some ways, but they were distinct in their own right, too.

"I will teach you all about pronunciation--true pronunciation, not just saying the words and inflection and maybe even some Idioms when they come up. And this will be good because when we are around others, we can speak privately, as few outside of Azurei know our speech. We don't teach it to many. Darin this is amazing!" Ridahne was practically beaming. To her, language was culture, and she had always wanted to share Azurei culture with Darin. "A little piece of advice..." she said, a wicked little grin sprouting on her lips. "When we are brought before the Sols, don't reveal right away that you can speak Azurian. You might learn some things that way, and they will be greatly humbled to know that you indeed can understand what they say." Ridahne spoke faster when using her native tongue, and a little less drily.