Lei leaned the narrow curve of her hip against the railing while Marisel took...something out of her mouth. She watched the thing closely: a retainer maybe? Those always got in the ...oh, she was speaking again--Dark eyes snapped back to the woman's lips as she repeated the phrase Lei herself had just asked her.
...wait, what?
The Asian woman actually giggled (yes, chalk that up to being a little drunk), again using her voice to convey the slower signs in front of her. "Then why did you say it?"
Shy on ham... no, it didn't make much sense to Lei, but this boat was full of people from different countries and cultures. Maybe it was slang? Either way, it was funny slang. The ninja continued to giggle a little, then waved her hand at the woman in obvious attempts to 'wipe the conversational slate clean'. In other words, let's start over.
Obviously Marisel had a handle on the ASL alphabet, so Lei pressed both palms to her collar bone for a moment of significance, than signed L.E.I