Daniel lifted his glass in John's direction, and greeted Aeryn in Sebacean. It was a fascinating language, and he'd already gotten her to teach him a little of it. She seemed to find his interest no end of amusing, but she was a pretty good teacher. Having had to learn English not that long ago had probably helped.

He took a sip of the rum, and then grinned approvingly.

"Hey John, check it out," he said, offering the cup to him.