[ Since he’s not wearing the communication device right now, her words doesn’t get translated. However, he still understands her, more or less, because the language she’s speaking is similar to one he’s heard before.
More importantly, why didn’t he notice her? He should have? He blames the distraction that was the funny little item, but he can’t be entirely sure.
When he answers, it’s deliberately on the language that hers sounds similar to, but it sounds more archaic and it’s obviously not his first language, judging by the slight mistakes in pronunciation and the fact that he would choose other words normally, in some places. ]
You mean with this peculiar item? I do not know what it is so it would be helpful.