[It does reassure them, actually. Eska is two for two on speaking fluent drifter, and even better, the Drifter hasn't yet realized how many of those accommodations are maneuvers being executed, to an extent. They're not thinking about the conversation - more about what they're going to do if the water level rises even further.]
[The Drifter is sweeping the area with an edged tension piled into their shoulders, picking out potential exits.]
no subject
[It does reassure them, actually. Eska is two for two on speaking fluent drifter, and even better, the Drifter hasn't yet realized how many of those accommodations are maneuvers being executed, to an extent. They're not thinking about the conversation - more about what they're going to do if the water level rises even further.]
[The Drifter is sweeping the area with an edged tension piled into their shoulders, picking out potential exits.]
not this badly