The corners of her eyes crinkled in amusement, although she didn't laugh at him. That would have been even ruder than bragging. "Mostly Common," she said. "Ancient Elvish was mostly only used on formal occasions. But my aunt and I had to translate for foreign ambassadors who spoke Daruc, Nysgod, Hand Talk, and all sorts of other things that Princess Amanda didn't speak."

In truth, Ariadne was reasonably sure that Amanda was more fluent in some of the other tongues than she let on. Mostly because she took advantage of being underestimated. A skill she'd passed on to Ariadne as well.

She hesitated just a moment. But she really liked Raleigh and so many people in Trench had proven themselves worthy of trust.

"I actually grew up speaking Alastrian. Which is the language of my people. Not much use for it in court, but it made for a great coded language."