Chapter 13
Now, we know that the obe is the Selani's translator. They deal with all the outsiders, and known all the languages.But Denai would have none of that. She jumped up and grabbed him by the wrist, then dragged him to his feet. "Come on," she said brightly. "Or does the mighty Scout fear a little water?"
"He won't if the cunning obe goes first," he challenged.
Which would make the obe a linguist.
So if we translate obe to linguist, we get
New phrase
Nice little aside there, Fel."He won't if the cunning linguist goes first," he challenged.
