[It takes a moment to pick up on what that relates to. After all, she hadn't caught all the Portuguese in the first place, but she remembered asking Tyki if he'd called her an old man while thinking she must have misunderstood.
Cross was there. He heard them. He heard them.
And Tyki knew. He knew the whole time.
Kitty looks away from Cross. People always say they wish they could sink through the floor when they are embarrassed or want out of a situation. She actually can. She doesn't, but she does consider it for a moment.