[Eyebrows shoot upward in surprise.]

You can understand what she's saying?

[He only knew her enough to get the gist of what she was communicating, not the conversation word-for-word.

But the question couldn't be ignored. Shifting uncomfortably, the large man cast his gaze out over the frigid sea instead.]

It's a right of passage in my clan. I'm not considered a true 'adult' until I complete it.