Hm, where are you from? [Consider him ah, momentarily distracted out of interest.]

Perhaps I was unaware of this supposed babel scenario, but I was overwhelmed by a sudden abduction to really pay attention to certain quirks of this place.

[Plus, as a nation they have some freaky sort of Esperanto going on where they can understand each other. Sort of...]

I meant nationality rather than language though. By the way, it is good to see you again!