Nope, the volume didn't help at all. Sorrel stared bemused at her wondering if perhaps she had hit her head after all somewhere in the jumps and tumbles and now had forgotten how to talk or something like that. Not one word made any sense at all to him and he took a step back, not entirely sure how he was going to deal with this one. If she had forgotten how to talk, would she remember anything? Oh no, had he just earned himself a patient that would need permanent care now?
Wait a minute, maybe she could talk. Maybe this was some other weird language he'd never heard of before. He knew of the existence of other languages, head in fact been taught French by his father, not that he used it very often. Perhaps she hadn't gone mad after all. He desperately hoped that was the case. "Do you speak English?"