Vaguely.She answered Mal with an irritable lilt. A huff.
He though ye were that damned ghost. Which I'm guessin' felt the need t'offend all of us wit' unhelpfully opaque advice jus' now.Would it have hurt anyone to let them know what they were meant to be fleeing? Unless this newcomer was the danger, as she suspected, and was playing dumb. In which case, the ghost was welcome to speak up again at any time, and clarify things.
But of course it wouldn't.
She turned eyes green as a stormlit sea on the boy, and used a paw to point at the door,
Guǐ.
Then pat the wooden floorboards,
Wǒmen de.She nudged her snout toward Mal, then let her gaze sweep the inn, indicating a dual possession.
Finally she sat and placed the paw on her fish, warning,
Zhè shì wǒ de.
He'd greeted her in an easier tongue earlier. How well did he speak it? Or... anything else?
Yīngyǔ ma? Rìyǔ ma?
I love IC spontaneity & drama! So if it's what your character would do, let 'em attempt it!