She sat, rediscovering the fullness of her first tongue....

“ She sat, rediscovering the fullness of her first tongue in one long submersion. Again and again she would pause on a word Melio uttered. She would roll it around in her mind, feeling the contours of it. At times her mouth gaped open, her lips moving as if she were drinking in his words instead of breathing. ”

David Anthony Durham

From : Acacia: The War with the Mein