Ella didn't recognize Joanie, but Beauty recognized her voice from the last full moon and its voice posts. Tell her the women in the building still do terrible jobs at selecting princes, Beauty coaxed. Ask her if she's been observing the rules.
Ella didn't, of course, but her tale was very happy to finally get to meet the witty woman from the forums. Ella was just happy to meet someone who spoke English.
"I think the word you were looking for was 'sorry," she said, smiling as she spoke, entertained by the way the word had been stretched and elongated to hide the fact that it was English. "And as you'd already said a full six words in English prior, it was hardly necessary."