Seivarden just looked at Sparkle wiggling. She clearly didn't get it.

"That's... good. Fuck, I hated that, not being able to understand what anyone said. It gets... complicated."

She straightened herself a little. "But I'm sure I could find you plenty of bad bars in my universe. Especially outside the Radch. They are worse there... But I can't go back, so..."

She took a sip again, deliberately trying not to drink too fast now.