He loved her little smiles. People tended to think that the bigger the smile, the more sincere; Cassian knew it could be the opposite.

“That’s a trick I used undercover,” he said. “If I was supposed to be from a particular place, I’d learn the local swear words. Nothing gives a stronger impression of being from a place than what you say like it’s involuntary.”

Speaking of which, Cassian again shifted the contents of the table to bring forward the welcome packet. He’d also been matching words in both texts from it. “This doesn’t talk much about the people of this place, just about us imports. Do they have their own language?”