Christopher asked, “Is that a language?” “Yes!” said Anya. “Gaganan. A lot of it’s in the angle of tilt and the eyes, and a flick of the wings—I use my hands, obviously. Some things are simple—up is ‘yes,’ down is ‘no.’ But some things mean multiples—two up, two down means both ‘I admire you very much’ and ‘You are at risk of being attacked by a herd of marauding sheep’—you work it out from context. Twice down to the right is the worst swearing they have.”
