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	‘Something,’ Amber repeated the word like it may have had meaning for Jack that it didn’t have for her. 

There was a moment of silence, during which Jack and Amber gazed at each other and the Chilli just remained still, head cocked, something like a statue while she waited for more. 

‘I do have a question,’  said Amber, as though she needed permission. 

Jack nodded, ‘Go ahead.’ 

‘On my world. [i]Here[/i],’ She placed one hand firmly on the table to make sure he knew what here meant - as apparently Jack’s story was a lot for her mind to deal with, ‘There are different provinces and lands, where people speak different ways. They are languages. Each language is different.’  

Jack smiled, knowing where she was going with this. 

‘And it looks to me like you would – ‘ 

Jack cut her off by saying, ‘I know, it is odd that I speak your language when I come from so far away.’  

‘Yes,’  said Amber, seemingly pleased that he knew what she meant. 

He told her, ‘Where I come from, technology is more advance, and that goes even more so with the, uh, [i]organisation[/i] I work for. The organization has discovered breakthroughs in many things, [i]with a little outside help[/i], and one of those things was overcoming language barriers. I won’t get into details, though. No offense, but I doubt you would understand.’  

Amber appeared to accept this, quietly. And again they had a moment of silence. 

‘So I guess it’s your turn,’ said Jack, ‘tell me what you can about this place.’  He glanced at the Chilli, still staring back at him. ‘And don’t leave out the part about the dragons,’  he added.